Gaza Crisis: Nearly 800,000 Palestinian refugees displaced again in Rafah

The United Nations has declared that around 800,000 people have fled the city of Rafah in southern Gaza following Israeli attacks.

Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge, has seen a mass exodus towards central areas and Khan Yunis, according to Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), announced Sunday, May 18.

This wave of displacement among Gaza’s Palestinian residents began when Israel’s cabinet approved a ground assault on Rafah...