Gazans flee Khan Younis, but refuge is hard to find
The Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza Strip has set off another migration of distressed civilians, as thousands of people flee the city of Khan Younis, where the Israeli military is waging close-quarter battles with Hamas fighters.
Many Palestinians have fled to the southern border town of Rafah, where the U.N. has said that shelters are packed beyond capacity. Many of the displaced were forced to sleep in the street or in empty lots and other abandoned areas.
Humanitarian conditions in southern Gaza have been growing increasingly dire. António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, said that the situation in Gaza was “fast deteriorating into a catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications for Palestinians as a whole, and for peace and security in the region.” Here’s the latest.
Israel has urged civilians to leave their homes for Rafah or Al-Mawasi, an agricultural area near the Mediterranean Sea. But strikes have continued in both places. Gazans and aid groups say that Al-Mawasi, in particular, does not have the infrastructure necessary to ease the crisis.
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