Posted on Dec 30, 2023
Thousands pack into southern Gaza amid intensifying combat: Live updates
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Amid intense bombardment and evacuation orders, tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Rafah, Gaza's southernmost area, as the Israeli military expands its operations in the region and citizens increasingly face dire living conditions.
According to the United Nations' humanitarian affairs office, at least 100,000 people seeking to be spared from bombardment have escaped into Rafah over the past few days. As of Dec. 20, there were more than 12,000 people per 0.6 miles, making Rafah the most densely populated area in the Gaza Strip.
“People are using any empty space to build shacks,” Juliette Touma, director of communications at UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, told the Associated Press. “Some are sleeping in their cars, and others are sleeping in the open.”
Amid intense bombardment and evacuation orders, tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Rafah, Gaza's southernmost area, as the Israeli military expands its operations in the region and citizens increasingly face dire living conditions.
According to the United Nations' humanitarian affairs office, at least 100,000 people seeking to be spared from bombardment have escaped into Rafah over the past few days. As of Dec. 20, there were more than 12,000 people per 0.6 miles, making Rafah the most densely populated area in the Gaza Strip.
“People are using any empty space to build shacks,” Juliette Touma, director of communications at UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, told the Associated Press. “Some are sleeping in their cars, and others are sleeping in the open.”
Thousands pack into southern Gaza amid intensifying combat: Live updates
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."An estimated 1.9 million people, about 85% of the population, have been displaced across the besieged enclave, some multiple times, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs office said. Areas designated safe zones by the Israeli military have been bombarded by airstrikes.
Since the start of the war, more than 21,600 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Saturday. About 70% of those killed were reported to be women and children. More than 56,000 Palestinians have been injured and thousands more remain missing, many believed to be under rubble, according to the Health Ministry, which does not different between the deaths of militants and civilians. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Saturday that 165 people were killed in the last 24 hours.
About 130 Israeli and foreign hostages remain in captivity in Gaza. Israel's military said Saturday that two of its troops were killed, bringing the total to 170 military deaths since the start of Israel's ground invasion."...
..."An estimated 1.9 million people, about 85% of the population, have been displaced across the besieged enclave, some multiple times, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs office said. Areas designated safe zones by the Israeli military have been bombarded by airstrikes.
Since the start of the war, more than 21,600 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Saturday. About 70% of those killed were reported to be women and children. More than 56,000 Palestinians have been injured and thousands more remain missing, many believed to be under rubble, according to the Health Ministry, which does not different between the deaths of militants and civilians. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Saturday that 165 people were killed in the last 24 hours.
About 130 Israeli and foreign hostages remain in captivity in Gaza. Israel's military said Saturday that two of its troops were killed, bringing the total to 170 military deaths since the start of Israel's ground invasion."...
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SO SAD: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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