UN says nearly 450,000 displaced from Gaza's Rafah since May 6

Rafah, Gaza: The United Nations said Tuesday that nearly 450,000 people have been displaced from Rafah since Israeli entitybegan issuing evacuation or...

Rafah, Gaza: The United Nations said Tuesday that nearly 450,000 people have been displaced from Rafah since Israeli entity began issuing evacuation orders for the south Gaza city eight days ago.

At the same time, another 100,000 people have fled their homes amid renewed fighting in northern Gaza, the UN said, meaning that around a quarter of Gaza's population of around 2.4 million people has been displaced again in just over a week.

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said Tuesday that it estimated "that nearly 450,000 people have been forcibly displaced from Rafah since 6 May".

That was the day Israeli entity issued an initial evacuation order for eastern Rafah, and it has repeatedly expanded the areas ordered emptied of civilians since then as it prepares for a widely feared ground assault.

While it has not yet announced a large-scale operation, Israeli entity defied international opposition and entered Rafah with tanks and troops last week, seizing its key crossing on the Egyptian border.