New York: The United Nations reported that the number of displaced people who arrived in Rafah in the southern part of Gaza is about one million since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip on October 7.
The UN added in its daily humanitarian report that Rafah governorate is now the main refuge for those displaced, with over one million people, squeezed into an extremely overcrowded space, following the intensification of hostilities in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah and the Israeli military’s evacuation orders.
By the end of 2023, according to UNRWA, 1.9 million people, or nearly 85 percent of the total population of Gaza, were estimated to be internally displaced, including some who have been displaced multiple times, as families are forced to move repeatedly in search of safety.
Nearly 1.4 million displaced people are sheltering in 155 UNRWA facilities across all five governorates.
On the other hand, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reiterated that there is no safe space in Gaza.
“We cannot talk about safety anywhere. People are sleeping in the streets, out in the open. Some of them have not been able to even follow the evacuation orders,” she said.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly followed up on efforts to develop and rehabilitate cotton gins during his meeting on Thursday with Minister of Public Business Sector Mahmoud Esmat.
The rehabilitation of cotton gins comes as part of a project to upgrade cotton and textile companies.
The meeting touched on current efforts made by the Ministry of Public Business Sector to develop the textile sector in general, including various stages of production.
Esmat asserted his ministry’s keenness to upgrade Egypt’s cotton system and modernize cotton gins as part of a project to develop the ministry-affiliated cotton and textile companies.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
