World News | UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 Now Displaced from Rafah | LatestLY

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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 20 (ANI/WAM): Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a ceasefire.

"Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road," Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in post on the social media platform X. formerly Twitter.

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He said that following evacuation orders demanding people to flee to so-called safe zones, people mainly went to the middle areas in Gaza and Khan Younis, including to destroyed buildings.

"The claim that people in Gaza can move to 'safe' or 'humanitarian' zones is false. Each time, it puts the lives of civilians at serious risk," Lazzarini stated.

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"Gaza does not have any safe zones," he added. "No place is safe. No one is safe."(ANI/WAM)

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