250,000 in southern Gaza hit by Israel's new evacuation order: UN
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Geneva: The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees estimated Tuesday that a quarter of a million people had been impacted since Israel s army issue...
Geneva: The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees estimated Tuesday that a quarter of a million people had been impacted since Israel's army issued a new evacuation order for parts of southern Gaza a day earlier.
"We've seen people moving, families moving, people starting to pack up their belongings and try to leave this area," UNRWA spokeswoman Louise Wateridge told reporters in Geneva via video-link from Gaza.
The agency "estimates that around 250,000 people have been impacted by these orders", she said, adding: "We expect these numbers to grow".
Her comments came after the Israeli army Monday issued a new evacuation order for parts of Khan Yunis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
The 250,000 number was UNRWA's estimate for the people in the area of new evacuation orders in eastern Khan Yunis, Wateridge told AFP.
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