Most of Gaza’s Population Remains Displaced and in Harm’s Way

Click to expand Image People flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street, November 18, 2023. © 2023 Adel Hana/AP Photo On October 13, Israeli authorities ordered more than a million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes. Two months later, almost 1.9 million people – 85 percent of Gaza’s population – are displaced, nearly half crammed inside Rafah, the enclave’s southernmost governorate with a prewar population of 280,000. People have told me it is almost impossible to walk through Rafah’s crowded streets to find food, water, and medication. Israeli authorities cut…

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