100,000 have fled to Rafah in recent days, UN saysThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has told the BBC that it estimates that at least 100,000 people have moved into Rafah, the most southerly city in Gaza, in the last few days as fighting has intensified in and around Khan Younis and elsewhere.
The displacement follows orders from Israeli forces urging civilians to flee parts of Gaza where Israel says Hamas has a stronghold.
The OCHA says the influx of people has made overcrowding worse and put pressure on limited resources.
Speaking from Rafah in southern Gaza, the director of UNRWA, the UN’s relief agency, Tom White told the BBC there are “well over a million people” seeking safety in the city.
As a consequence of overcrowding, White said thousands of people are sleeping outside “under flimsy pieces of plastic”.