In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip

In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip

Today, Thursday, October 19, 2023, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees - UNRWA established a camp in the southern Gaza Strip to shelter those displaced as a result of the Israeli bombing.

The camp set up by UNRWA is located in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and includes 60 tents, and is the first of its kind.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes, especially northern Gaza, under the weight of continuous Israeli air strikes since October 7.

For the thirteenth day in a row, the Israeli army continues to launch raids on Gaza, which led to the death of 3,785 Palestinians, including 1,524 children and 1,000 women, and injured 12,493, including 3,983 children and 3,300 women. Israel also cuts off supplies of water, food, medicine, and electricity to the Strip, which is inhabited by about 2.3 million. Palestinian, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Pictures of the UNRWA camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip

  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip
  • In pictures: UNRWA sets up a camp to shelter displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip