Over 300,000 Flee South Gaza to North
(MENAFN) The United Nations announced on Monday that more than 300,000 individuals have recently moved from the southern part of Gaza to the north, as the ongoing ceasefire has relaxed access limitations across the territory.
According to UN spokesperson Farhan Haq, "From Friday until yesterday, our colleagues monitoring displacement recorded nearly 310,000 movements of people from southern to northern Gaza and about 23,000 movements in other directions."
He made the remarks during a press briefing.
Haq explained that humanitarian workers now have increased freedom of movement in various regions, allowing aid teams to reach populations that had been isolated for several months.
He added, "With the easing of movement and access restrictions in multiple places, we were able to pre-position medical and emergency supplies where they are needed most and assess key roads for explosive hazards."
In addition, Haq shared that "the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, today allocated an additional $11 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support the immediate scale-up of humanitarian operations in Gaza ahead of winter."
"This follows last week’s $9 million allocation to ensure sufficient fuel supplies to keep life-saving services running across the Strip, bringing total recent CERF funding for Gaza to $20 million," he continued.
Fletcher also issued a warning that "without fresh contributions to CERF, critical aid cannot keep flowing to people who rely on it," as relayed by Haq.
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