GAZA, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has established dozens of tens in western Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, to accommodate a large number of refugees.
In a press statement issued Saturday, the agency, which is receiving more than 500,000 persons in southern Gaza, called for abidance by international humanitarian law, and protecting civilians, civil infrastructure and the UN facilities.
It noted that the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Gaza is estimated at one million half of whom live in UNRWA in the fifth governorates.
About 17,000 displaced persons at Khan Yunis training center affiliated to the UNRWA live in tough conditions, as there are very limited utilities, it noted.
More than 8,000 IDPs, including the agency's workers, seek to the UNRWA logistic base in Rafah, south of the Strip, it indicated.
The agency stressed that it continued its efforts at high levels to deliver sustainably humanitarian supplies, including medicine, water, fuel and food, to the Strip.
Since the aggression launched by the Israeli occupation forces on Gaza, sixteen UNRWA workers have been killed, in addition to the wounding of several others, it revealed. (end) wab.hm
Source: Kuwait News Agency
