Nearly 450,000 folks have fled Rafah within the southern Gaza Strip following Israeli evacuation orders earlier this month, in response to the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). Satellite tv for pc imagery confirmed swelling numbers of individuals in central Gaza, as preventing and strikes intensified in components of the north. Hospitals are dealing with doable shutdowns as issues about starvation develop, with the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed to assist for a week, the Gaza Well being Ministry and the U.N. humanitarian affairs workplace warned.