'Enormous concern, fear in Rafah in the last 48 hours - we've seen some very heavy airstrikes'

Thomas White tells Al Jazeera English there is huge concern of an offensive in Rafah southern📍 #Gaza - where the population is now 6 times more than before the war & one Gaza's poorest areas.

#Gaza this morning a food convoy waiting to move into Northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire - thankfully no one was injured

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“It’s going to be deciding who lives and dies”

Thomas White “Such a scenario would be a catastrophic failure of the international community.”

The New York Times What Withholding Funds to UNRWA Means for📍 #Gaza ⬇️
nytimes.com/2024/02/02/wor…

184K people registered for humanitarian assistance
after being forced to leave Khan Younis in recent days
#gaza @unrwa

Senior UN official in #Gaza : civilians trapped amid intensified attacks in Khan Younis

Read the full statement. ochaopt.org/content/senior…

Update - attack on Khan Younis Training Centre this afternoon - two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people - reports now 9 dead and 75 injured
UNRWA and World Health Organization (WHO) team trying to reach the centre - agreed upon route with Israeli Army blocked with earth bank
#Gaza

Fighting is escalating in Khan Younis #Gaza - the UNRWA Training Centre sheltering 10Ks of displaced people has just been hit - buildings ablaze and mass casualties - safe access to/from the centre has been denied for 2 days - people are trapped.

Thanks to CNN International for the footage

People are hungry and just desperate for food UNRWA convoy in #Gaza City this week.
40% of the population at risk of famine.
More regular supplies needed - require safe and sustainable #humanitarain access everywhere including to the North of Gaza

#Gaza - Israeli soldiers fired at an aid convoy as it returned from Northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli Army - our international convoy leader and his team were not injured but one vehicle sustained damage - aid workers should never be a target.
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#Gaza People forced to move once again. More people in less space. Rafah in the south is now bursting at the seams. No respite. Time for a humanitarian #ceasefire
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'We remain very concerned that once aid is in📍 #Gaza the ongoing conflict is preventing us from delivering that aid'

Thomas White Al Jazeera English: Same time as the United Nations Security Council, Israeli authorities were telling more people to move & signalling a broadening of the offensive.

People in #Gaza are People. They are not pieces on a checkerboard - many have already been displaced several times. The Israeli Army just orders people to move into areas where there are ongoing airstrikes. No place is safe, nowhere to go.

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Israeli authorities issued more evacuation orders for people in Middle Area of #Gaza to move to Deir al Balah to expand ongoing military operation.
More than 150k people impacted, area already overwhelmed with displaced including @unrwa shelters

Displaced Palestinians, living in a tent camp in the city of Deir Al Balah, struggling with limited resources and difficult conditions, wait to receive soup distributed by volunteers in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on December 09, 2023. Photo by Ashraf Amra

Yesterday listening to people in an UNRWA shelter in Deir al Balah- stories of grief and loss - shocking living conditions - yet an indefatigable will to survive and look after their loved ones - very humbling. #Gaza