The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says more than one million Palestinians are forced to flee Rafah as all 36 UNRWA shelters are empty now.

Philippe Lazzarini made the comments in a post on X, former Twitter, on Saturday, nearly a month after the regime launched a ground assault against the city amid international outcry.

The city was hosting around 1.5 million displaced Gazans prior to the operation.

Lazzarini, however, noted how the assault had forced “more than one million people - most displaced several times - to flee once again, in search of safety that they never find.”

He also regretted that “all of our 36 UNRWA shelters in Rafah are empty now,” adding, “This is where people seek shelter & should be protected at all times under the UN flag.”

The UN body, Lazzarini added, “had to stop health and other critical services in Rafah” amid the incessant Israeli aggression.

The UN official went on to warn that “the humanitarian space” continued to further shrink throughout the coastal sliver in the face of the Israeli brutality.

He likewise bemoaned the level of destruction that had been caused by the Israeli operation to the camp.

“Thousands of displaced people have no choice but to live amid the rubble & in destroyed UNRWA facilities,” he said, warning, “Destruction will bring more destruction, more grief, more anger & more loss...”