265 people - children, caregivers, and staff - had to relocate from the SOS Children's Village in Rafah at the end of May and have since lived in tented encampments in southern and central Gaza.

On 28th of May, 245 people were urgently evacuated from the SOS Children's Village in Rafah to the central Gaza Strip due to a dramatically heightened security risk at the location of the Children´s Village.

A total of 68 children from the SOS Children’s Village Rafah in Gaza as well as 11 employees of the SOS Children’s Villages and their families have been evacuated.