Half million newly displaced in Gaza over past month: UNRWA

WAM
25 Apr 2025, 13:10 GMT+10

GAZA, 25th April, 2025 (WAM) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that approximately half a million people have been newly displaced in the Gaza Strip over the past month due to repeated evacuation orders issued by Israeli forces.

In its statement, UNRWA said the latest waves of displacement have confined Palestinians to less than one-third of Gaza's original territory. The remaining areas, according to the agency, are "fragmented, unsafe, and barely livable."

UNRWA stressed the dire humanitarian conditions in overcrowded shelters, describing the situation as catastrophic. It said service providers are struggling to operate amid a near-total depletion of available resources, the agency added.

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