Around 200 Palestinians leaving Rafah each hour, UNRWA says

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An average of 200 people are leaving the southern Palestinian city of Rafah every hour following Israel’s evacuation order, according to estimates by the UN relief agency for Palestinians. “The displacement is ongoing and people are leaving towards Khan Younis and the Middle Areas,” communications director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Juliette Touma, told dpa on Wednesday. “It’s not possible to give a total number of people displaced at the moment given how fluid the situation is,” she added. A senior UNRWA official told US broadcaster CNN on …

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