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Population density in Rafah at 17,500 individuals per square km

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  • Source: Palestinian Information Center
  • 30 Apr 2024 20:53
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According to the statistics bureau, the population in Gaza City and north Gaza is estimated at 511,000, and in Khan Younis to the south and center of the Strip it is estimated at 685,000.

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    Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza on April 29, 2024. (AP)

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday that the number of residents in Rafah until April 22 is expected to be over 1.1 million people, crammed in an area of 63.1 square kilometers.

According to the Bureau, before the Israeli aggression began, Rafah had a population density of 4,360 people per square kilometer, whereas now it has reached 17,500 individuals per square kilometer.

"This represents a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe, and puts immense pressure on scarce services and the ability to obtain the basic necessities of life under the aggression.”

According to the Statistics Bureau, the population in Gaza City and north Gaza is estimated at 511,000, whereas in Khan Younis to the south and center of the Strip, the number is estimated at 685,000, "taking into account the instability caused by displacement.”

The statement explained that the Strip has been subjected to severe aggression and systematic genocide by Israeli forces, which has led to a flooding of citizens from the north and center of the Strip to the south, particularly to Rafah, which is now packed with internally displaced Palestinians.

Rafah is currently undergoing fierce attacks from the occupation and a looming threat of invasion, the statement continued.

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Moreover, Ziv stressed that a possible invasion of Rafah would not be quick and would "last for months," meaning that Israeli captives held by the Palestinian Resistance would be subject to harsher circumstances imposed on them by their own military. 

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