Gaza: More Than 120,000 Palestinians Displaced Amid Conflict
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Monday that 123,538 Palestinians have so far been displaced.
Meanwhile, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced in a separate statement on Monday that its shelters were hosting nearly 74,000 displaced Palestinians.
The situation escalated across the Gaza Strip on Saturday following a multi-front Hamas attack on Israeli towns near the Palestinian territory. Hamas said the attack was in response to Israeli violations in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East al-Quds and increased settler violence.
The UN agency said a school sheltering more than 225 Palestinians was damaged on Sunday in an Israeli strike. No casualties were reported.
“Civilians must be protected at all times, including during fighting,” UNRWA said. “Schools and other civilian infrastructure, including those sheltering displaced families, must never come under attack.”
The occupation forces retaliated with a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. More than 1,100 people were killed in the conflict, including 700 Israelis and over 430 Palestinians.
Source: Agencies
