Some 600,000 children packed into Gaza’s Rafah city face “further catastrophe,” UNICEF has warned, urging against their forced relocation after Israel ordered an evacuation ahead of its long-threatened ground invasion. “Given the high concentration of children in Rafah… UNICEF is warning of a further catastrophe for children, with military operations resulting in very high civilian casualties and the few remaining basic services and infrastructure they need to survive being totally destroyed,” the United Nations children’s agency said in a statement on Monday.

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