UN Says 150,000 Palestinians Flee Israel’s New Assault on Khan Younis
The UN said Tuesday that it estimated 150,000 Palestinians have fled eastern Khan Younis since Israel launched its new assault on the southern Gaza Strip city on Monday.
Israel’s evacuation order for the new Khan Younis offensive covered areas previously declared so-called “safe zones,” which Israel has frequently bombed. An official from the UN’s Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, told BBC that 80% of Gaza “has been placed under evacuation orders or designated as no-go zones by the Israeli military.”
The Israeli military said it launched the new offensive because Hamas had reconstituted itself in the area. The IDF has re-invaded Khan Younis and other cities it has completely destroyed multiple times.
