Gaza [Palestine], After Israeli authorities issued new evacuation orders in the Khan Younis area of Gaza, around 2,50,000 people are expected to face displacement, UN humanitarian agencies warned in a report on Tuesday .
The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said "chaos and panic" are spreading in southern Gaza following the orders.
Gazans fleeing the southern city were forced to build shelters at the water's edge because displacement camps were already full on the coast.
https://x.com/UNRWA/status/1808053707243663831
A few weeks ago, Khan Younis was deserted after intense Israeli bombardment. But many families with few other options went there after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) moved into Rafah in early May, according to the report.
"It's another devastating blow to the humanitarian response here, it's another devastating blow to the people, the families on the ground. They seem to have been forcibly displaced again and again," said UNRWA Senior Communications Officer Louise Wateridge.
Those who were forced to move now had to make a series of "impossible" decisions, she added.
"How do parents decide where to go? Where to go? Already this morning, right in the central area of Gaza, along the coastal highway, you can see the makeshift shelters all the way to the coast, all the way to the water reaching "It's absolutely packed with families who have already had to move," Wateridge said.
The UNRWA official noted that intense shelling has continued "in the northern, middle and southern areas of the Gaza Strip...no place is safe. Already on the ground, we are seeing families moving away from this area. There is more chaos and panic spreads across the ground."
Despite the lack of fuel and security, Wateridge insisted that the UN agency has continued to deliver water, food packages, flour, diapers, mattresses, tarps and healthcare.
"But it is becoming almost impossible for the UN to provide any kind of response due to the siege imposed by Israel... and now new displacement orders that once again impact our access to the Kerem Shalom border crossing for aid."
The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said "chaos and panic" are spreading in southern Gaza following the orders.
Gazans fleeing the southern city were forced to build shelters at the water's edge because displacement camps were already full on the coast.
https://x.com/UNRWA/status/1808053707243663831
A few weeks ago, Khan Younis was deserted after intense Israeli bombardment. But many families with few other options went there after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) moved into Rafah in early May, according to the report.
"It's another devastating blow to the humanitarian response here, it's another devastating blow to the people, the families on the ground. They seem to have been forcibly displaced again and again," said UNRWA Senior Communications Officer Louise Wateridge.
Those who were forced to move now had to make a series of "impossible" decisions, she added.
"How do parents decide where to go? Where to go? Already this morning, right in the central area of Gaza, along the coastal highway, you can see the makeshift shelters all the way to the coast, all the way to the water reaching "It's absolutely packed with families who have already had to move," Wateridge said.
The UNRWA official noted that intense shelling has continued "in the northern, middle and southern areas of the Gaza Strip...no place is safe. Already on the ground, we are seeing families moving away from this area. There is more chaos and panic spreads across the ground."
Despite the lack of fuel and security, Wateridge insisted that the UN agency has continued to deliver water, food packages, flour, diapers, mattresses, tarps and healthcare.
"But it is becoming almost impossible for the UN to provide any kind of response due to the siege imposed by Israel... and now new displacement orders that once again impact our access to the Kerem Shalom border crossing for aid."
