Unicef warns of deepening crisis as Israeli ground assaults intensify

Rosalia Bollen, a Unicef communications specialist, says Israeli displacement orders are worsening the “very deep suffering” of families in Gaza.

Speaking from al-Mawasi, she told Al Jazeera that even before today’s Israeli ground offensives in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah, and Beit Hanoon, some 125,000 people had already been forced to flee due to relentless violence and previous evacuation orders.

“These ground invasions are making an already dire situation even worse,” she said, adding that many displaced families are carrying little more than the clothes on their backs and are in “urgent need” of food and water.

Bollen also raised alarm over reports of civilians being killed or trapped despite so-called safe passage routes, with ambulances unable to reach the wounded and medics among the dead and injured.

“The situation is deteriorating by the day,” she warned, stressing that Gaza’s infrastructure has been devastated beyond recognition.