NEW YORK: The United Nations said recently that the population density in the Al-Mawasi in the Gaza Strip surged to between 30,000 and 34,000 per square kilometer.
‘The density of this area has surged to between 30,000 and 34,000 people per square kilometre, which is compared to an estimated 1,200 people prior to October,’ the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed in the Humanitarian Situation Update #206 on the Gaza Strip.
OCHA warned that repeated waves of displacement – combined with overcrowding, insecurity, crumbling infrastructure, ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression, and limited services – is worsening the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is already catastrophic.
It also warned that the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Strip, constant evacuation orders, and severe shortages of essential supplies are making it increasingly difficult for displaced families to access basic services at their place of arrival.
It added that since October, 86 per cent of the Gaza S
trip – some 314 square kilometres – has been placed under evacuation orders.
Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 40,223 Palestinians and injuring over 92,981 others.
Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has becom
e Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA