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2019 GMT — UN struggling to get aid to 250,000 Palestinians who fled Khan Younis

Many of the 250,000 Palestinians whom Israel threatened to target if they do not flee from besieged Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, are heading toward already overcrowded areas near the sea where there is not enough water and no toilets, a senior UN official said.

Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN humanitarian office for the occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters that it is “a major challenge” to even bring food to the two main places Palestinians are going: Muwasi, the coastal area designated by the Israeli army as a safe zone, and the nearby city of Deir al Balah.

He stressed that Gaza is unique – “the only place in the world where people cannot find a safe refuge and can’t leave the frontline.” Even in so-called safe areas, there are bombings, he said in a news conference from Jerusalem.