The United Nations humanitarian office, through spokesperson Jens Laerke, has expressed concern over the escalating hostilities in Khan Younis, Gaza, which have compelled a massive number of people to flee to the border town of Rafah, now described as a 'pressure cooker of despair.' More than half of Gaza's 2.3 million residents are seeking refuge in Rafah, where conditions are dire, with many cold and hungry in makeshift tents and public buildings. The situation has worsened due to deadly strikes reported in Rafah, even as international mediators are working to establish a tentative truce between Israel and Hamas. The European Union has also voiced deep concern over the potential expansion of Israeli military operations to Rafah, where over a million people have sought shelter from the conflict, with Israel threatening to direct its main military operations there.
Scores are reported killed in overnight strikes across the #Gaza Strip, after #Hamas says it needs more time to consider a proposal that would halt its war with #Israel in the besieged Palestinian territory. https://t.co/KUTX1ZEO1s
The European Union on Saturday expressed deep concern over reports that the Israeli military intends to take its battle against Hamas to the town of Rafah at Gaza's border with Egypt where more than a million people have escaped the fighting. https://t.co/5fDpmeVPAC
Deadly strikes have been reported in the overcrowded #Gaza border town of #Rafah - dubbed a “pressure cooker of despair” by the UN - as international mediators ready a new push to seal a tentative truce deal between Israel and Hamas. #Israel https://t.co/1uCV6uhT0w
More than half of Gaza's 2.3 million people are sheltering in Rafah in the south of Gaza, mainly cold and hungry in makeshift tents and public buildings, with UNOCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke describing the border town as a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ https://t.co/2NlFsH0KNm https://t.co/vRPBpaqUES
With "more than half of Gaza's 2.3 million people" sheltering in Gaza's border town of Rafah, and Israel threatening to direct its main military operations there, the UN humanitarian office describes it as a "pressure cooker of despair." https://t.co/XCUoxYERpB
The United Nations humanitarian office voiced concern about the hostilities in Khan Younis that have forced more people to flee to Rafah in the south of Gaza, describing the border town as a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ https://t.co/2NlFsH0cXO https://t.co/xym5Gy8bNP
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The United Nations humanitarian office voices concern about the hostilities in Khan Younis that have forced more people to flee to #Rafah in the far south of #Gaza, describing the border town as a “pressure cooker of despair.” https://t.co/kDkHejWRtP