GAZA, (PIC)
UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has said that all UNRWA’s shelters in Rafah are empty now.
“More than 1 million people — most displaced several times — forced to flee once again, in search of safety that they never find. All of our 36 UNRWA shelters in Rafah are empty now. This is where people seek shelter and should be protected at all times under the UN flag,” Lazzarini said in X remarks on Saturday.
“UNRWA had to stop health and other critical services in Rafah,” Lazzarini affirmed.
“We are now working from Khan Yunis and the middle areas where 1.7 million people are living,” the UNRWA chief said.
“In Khan Yunis, we restarted operations despite damage to all our facilities,” he added.
UNRWA announced a few days ago that about one million people had fled Rafah in southern Gaza over the past three weeks.
The Israeli occupation army continues to close the Rafah border crossing, amid UN and international warnings about the dire humanitarian situation due to the lack of life-saving supplies in various areas of the Strip, particularly in northern Gaza, whose residents are facing famine.
