UN says 450,000 Palestinians forced from Rafah as Israel escalates operations

A displaced Palestinian woman stands with children as they prepare to flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza City, in the southern Gaza Strip May 13, 2024. This handout image shows a field hospital operated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 10, 2024.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it estimates nearly 450,000 people have been forcibly displaced from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in the past week amid a push by Israeli forces into the area.