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More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah

More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah

A man sits in a nearly deserted street in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Credit: AFP)

More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion.

"More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah," said Hamish Young, UNICEF's senior emergency coordinator in the Gaza Strip, told a briefing in Geneva via video link from Rafah.


More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion.



"More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah," said Hamish Young, UNICEF's senior emergency coordinator in the Gaza Strip, told a briefing in Geneva via video link from Rafah.