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Israel’s evacuation orders now cover 2/3 of Gaza
Updated On: 07 February, 2024 07:41 AM IST | Jerusalem | Agencies
More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million forced to cram into Rafah
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Humanitarian aid provided by Jordan and The Netherlands being loaded onto a military plane for airdrops over the Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip. Pic/AP
Israel’s evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, or 246 square kilometres, United Nations humanitarian monitors said on Tuesday. More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people is now crammed into the town of Rafah on the border with Egypt and surrounding areas, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the Palestinian death toll is at 27,478 people after nearly four months of war. A quarter of Gaza’s residents are now starving and 85 per cent of the population has been driven from their homes, with hundreds of thousands crammed in makeshift tent camps. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shortly after arriving in the kingdom Monday. It’s Blinken’s fifth visit to the Mideast since the war in Gaza broke out.
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