Published 16:04 IST, May 14th 2024

More Than Half a Million People Flee Fighting in Rafah and Northern Gaza, UN Says

Around 450,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza's south over the past week, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday.

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Palestinians on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel. It’s an event that is at the core of their national struggle, but in many ways pales in comparison to the calamity now unfolding in Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on May 9, 2024. | Image: (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

16:04 IST, May 14th 2024

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More Than Half a Million People Flee Fighting in Rafah and Northern Gaza, UN Says

Around 450,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza's south over the past week, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday.

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