UN agency says 80,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday

Palestinians travel in an animal-drawn cart as they flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza Strip city on May 9, 2024.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, said Thursday that around 80,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday, when Israel intensified its operations in the southern Gaza Strip city.