One million people fled Rafah, UNRWA says

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported today that the “Israeli” army operations have displaced over one million people in Rafah.

The displaced masses are sheltering in already-damaged and destroyed facilities in Khan Younis, south Gaza, where UNRWA described the conditions as “unspeakable”.

It estimated that around 18,500 pregnant women have fled Rafah, with 10,000 more remaining there in “desperate conditions”

“Access to healthcare & maternal supplies is minimal. Mothers' and babies' health is at risk,” UNRWA said in a statement.

The UN organization warner that 690,000 women and girls are facing a “critical lack of menstrual hygiene kits, privacy & clean water, further pleading for more humanitarian supplies and access to facilities in the war-torn strip and specifically Rafah, where the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have carried out an attack on the last safe haven for displaced Gazans.