In recent days, the Israeli army has launched a large-scale offensive in the southern Gaza Strip, targeting the Khan Younis area. The fighting has forced the inhabitants of Gaza to continue to flee their homes. On the 5th, many of those who had fled from Khan Younis arrived in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. "We used to live in the center of Hanyounis, where we were civilians, but the whole city suffered damage and continuous shelling," said Hassan, one of the displaced people.
Many residents of Gaza are in a miserable situation, many have been left behind, and some are still searching for their lost children. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and Works Agency (UNRWA) issued a statement on the 5th, saying that more than 600,000 people in the Gaza Strip have received emergency evacuation orders, and many people are facing the plight of secondary displacement. Fadi, another displaced person, said: "Thank God we were able to move from one house to another.
We have already lived in ** different places before coming to Rafah, and now we are going to move our belongings from Hanyounis to Rafah, because there is no transport, no car, we have to walk from Hanyounis to Rafah. In addition, hundreds of displaced Gaza residents arrived in Mawasi on the Mediterranean coast, which has been designated as a "safe zone" by the Israeli side and covers only a few square kilometres.
These people can only spend the night in makeshift shelters or makeshift tents. "We were forced to leave our home [in northern Gaza] and come to southern Gaza, and now we are forced to leave Hanyounis (in southern Gaza) and come here (Mawasi)," said um in one displaced person. We have nothing to say, what the hell should we go to?
The United Nations Children's Association said on the 5th that under the continuous bombardment of the Israeli army, the so-called "safe zone" is far from meeting the basic security requirements, and the harsh environment has become a breeding ground for diseases. James Elder, a spokesman for the United Nations Children**, said that only a part of the area was not a "safe zone" when other areas were still being bombed.
A true "safe zone" should provide food, water, medicine and shelter. However, from my own experience, these basic conditions are not available in the [Gaza Strip], so the possibility of disease outbreaks is very high.