Gaza ‘Squeeze’ 1.1 Million Palestinians, 360 km 2

According to data from the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNWRA) for Palestine, 18,000 Palestinians have lost their homes to Israeli bulldozers since the beginning of most recent intifada. Most of the homeless are from the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has demolished 191 houses in the first half of May, leaving 2,197 Palestinians in Gaza homeless. A few days ago the number of homeless in the Rafah refugee camp was nearly 11,000. However, another 53,000 have been added to that number in just the past two days as Israel began razing homes in the Camp on a massive scale.

UNWRA remains largely unable to meet the needs of the Palestinian homeless as their numbers increase day by day.