The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Monday that more than one million Palestinians left Gaza's southern city of Rafah since the beginning of Israel's ground operation in the area.
"Thousands of families now shelter in damaged & destroyed facilities in Khan Younis, where UNRWA keeps providing essential services despite increasing challenges. Conditions are unspeakable," the agency noted in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The international community warned Israel on multiple occasions not to invade Rafah. However, Israeli authorities ignored the warnings and claimed that the ground operation is necessary to dismantle Hamas completely and to stop weapons smuggling at the Rafah crossing.
