According to estimates coming today (Saturday) from the Gaza Strip, the movement of displaced people south has resulted in an increase in the number of residents living in the Rafah area, and it is estimated at around one million and 400 people.
It was noted that due to the humanitarian conditions and the overcrowding in the IDP centers, residents spread tarps and mattresses on the ground after they evacuated the bombing areas in Khan Yunis.
Watch: IDF tanks near the tents of the displaced in the southern Gaza Strip (01.23.24) // Arab Networks
Despite the stormy weather, residents continued to move from the neighborhoods where fighting is going on in Khan Yunis towards the more southern areas.
In one of the reports it was stated that "army forces detained Palestinians who were trying to escape from Khan Yunis to Rafah".
The stormy weather and heavy rains caused flooding in the tent complexes of the displaced.
Rain penetrated through the sheets, and there were tents that sank into the mud.
Sheets and blankets were covered with water, and clothes and bedding were wet.
Report severe cold and lack of means of heating.
Sheets and blankets were covered with water, and clothes and bedding got wet,
However, despite the heavy rains and low temperatures, there were merchants who went out to sell products and goods, and residents were seen on the streets scavenging for food and waiting in line to fill water containers.
Despite several documents that have been circulated in recent days in which residents of Gaza waved a white flag and called for peace and an end to the war, other videos show residents expressing support for Hamas and speaking in praise of the terrorist organization.
Despite the stormy weather, the migration of residents to the south continued, photo: Reuters
"In the cold, in the rain, and in the tents, I will continue to be in favor of the resistance, kudos to the resistance that raises our heads, it is the one that made me understand my identity as a Palestinian. No one has been able to stand up to Israel like they did as Tayyab Al-Aksam (the military arm of Hamas)," he said today (Saturday) A Palestinian outside the tent complex where he was staying.
pick up food and wait in line to fill water containers.
Palestinian displaced persons, photo: Reuters
In the documentation from the north of the Strip, a field cell near a school complex was seen which became a large dump where large amounts of garbage were dumped.
A large amount of leftovers of used medical equipment was also seen in Nasar Hospital in Khan Yunis. Residents in Gaza warned of environmental consequences, and of the spread of infection and disease also due to open mass graves where dead bodies were buried.
Evacuate to the displaced persons centers.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, photo: Reuters
According to reports from the Gaza Strip, heavy artillery fire was recorded in the last day in Khan Yunis.
There were exchanges of fire between terrorists and army forces also in the areas surrounding Nasar Hospital in the city. It was reported that 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 wounded were evacuated to the hospital, while the total number of dead in the Gaza Strip in the last day is 183.
Videos showing residents expressing support for Hamas, photo: Arab Networks
The Red Crescent stated that "there are attacks and shooting around the Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis". In the north of the Gaza Strip, there were reports of aircraft movement and an attack on several buildings and sites. Following the bombing of several houses early in the morning in Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip, the dead and wounded were evacuated to the hospital Shuhda Alaqsa.
In documents on the networks, families of displaced Palestinians were seen trying to take shelter among the ruins of bombed buildings in Rafah.
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