Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis: UN humanitarians

adminApril 29, 2024September 20, 202403 mins

“They used to shelter inside the school yard here, inside the classrooms, using all the external space. Now there’s nothing left. Everybody evacuated very quickly,” said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA Communications Officer. Writing in a social media post on X that abandoned children’s shoes were “everywhere” at the school, the UNRWA officer also pointed to rubble…

Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’

adminApril 11, 2024September 19, 202404 mins

“Humanitarians are working hard to support them, but we need security, access and reliable facilitation by Israeli forces, whose responsibilities don’t end when supplies are dropped off at the border,” said Jamie McGoldrick. Every building the team visited and most they could see had been damaged, with paved roads reduced to dirt tracks. The team…