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Nearly a quarter of Gaza's population displaced since Israel broke ceasefire, UN says

About 500,000 people in Gaza have been newly displaced since Israel broke the ceasefire last month, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said on Friday. 

In a post on X, the agency noted that a series of Israeli expulsion orders has rendered Palestinians with access to less than a third of the Gaza Strip.

The remaining space is "fragmented, unsafe and barely liveable", according to the UN. 

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing on Friday hit al-Mawasi, a designated "safe area" in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing a family of five.

Despite Israel labelling al-Mawasi as a humanitarian zone, it has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces throughout the war.

Read more: Nearly a quarter of Gaza's population displaced since Israel broke ceasefire, UN says

A Palestinian woman mourns victims of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 25 April 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)
A Palestinian woman mourns victims of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 25 April 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)