NefeshBarYochai
2024-07-05 05:26:51 UTC
About 90% of the population of the Gaza Strip have been displaced at
least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, according to
the UNs humanitarian agency.
Andrea De Domenico, head of the UNs OCHA agency in the Palestinian
territories, said on Wednesday that about 1.9 million people are
thought to be displaced in Gaza.
We estimate that nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been
internally displaced at least once, if not up to 10 times,
unfortunately, since October, he told reporters.
Before we were estimating 1.7 (million) but since that number, we had
the operation in Rafah, and we had additional displacement from
Rafah, he said, explaining the increase.
Then we had also operations in the north that [have] also moved
people, he added.
He said such military operations had forced people to reset their
lives, over and over again.
Behind these numbers, there are people that have fears and
grievances. And they had probably dreams and hopes; the less and less,
I fear today, unfortunately, De Domenico said.
People who in the last nine months have been moved around like pawns
in a board game.
He said the Gaza Strip had been cut in two by Israels military
operations, with OCHA estimating that there were 300,000-350,000
people living in the north of the besieged territory who were unable
to go to the south.
Meanwhile, he added that since the war began, an estimated 110,000
people had managed to leave the Gaza Strip before the Rafah crossing
into Egypt was closed in early May.
De Domenico said some had remained in Egypt while others had since
moved onwards.
The bloodiest-ever Gaza war broke out after Hamass 7 October attack
on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly
civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom remain in Gaza
including 42 the army says are dead.
Israels retaliatory offensive since then has killed at least 37,953
people, also mostly civilians, according to data from the health
ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/about-90-of-people-in-gaza-displaced-since-war-began-says-un-agency
least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, according to
the UNs humanitarian agency.
Andrea De Domenico, head of the UNs OCHA agency in the Palestinian
territories, said on Wednesday that about 1.9 million people are
thought to be displaced in Gaza.
We estimate that nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been
internally displaced at least once, if not up to 10 times,
unfortunately, since October, he told reporters.
Before we were estimating 1.7 (million) but since that number, we had
the operation in Rafah, and we had additional displacement from
Rafah, he said, explaining the increase.
Then we had also operations in the north that [have] also moved
people, he added.
He said such military operations had forced people to reset their
lives, over and over again.
Behind these numbers, there are people that have fears and
grievances. And they had probably dreams and hopes; the less and less,
I fear today, unfortunately, De Domenico said.
People who in the last nine months have been moved around like pawns
in a board game.
He said the Gaza Strip had been cut in two by Israels military
operations, with OCHA estimating that there were 300,000-350,000
people living in the north of the besieged territory who were unable
to go to the south.
Meanwhile, he added that since the war began, an estimated 110,000
people had managed to leave the Gaza Strip before the Rafah crossing
into Egypt was closed in early May.
De Domenico said some had remained in Egypt while others had since
moved onwards.
The bloodiest-ever Gaza war broke out after Hamass 7 October attack
on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly
civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom remain in Gaza
including 42 the army says are dead.
Israels retaliatory offensive since then has killed at least 37,953
people, also mostly civilians, according to data from the health
ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/about-90-of-people-in-gaza-displaced-since-war-began-says-un-agency