PALESTINE
Thu 12 Oct 2023 9:16 am - Jerusalem Time
United Nation: More than 338,000 people displaced amid Israeli onslaught
- By late Wednesday, the number of displaced people in Gaza had risen by an additional 75,000 people from the figure given 24 hours earlier, reaching 338,934, the UN's humanitarian agency said.
- More than 338,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, as heavy Israeli bombardments continue to hit the Palestinian enclave.
- "Mass displacement across the Gaza Strip continues," the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement sent on Thursday.
- By late Wednesday, the number of displaced people in Gaza had risen by an additional 75,000 people from the figure given 24 hours earlier, reaching 338,934, it said.
- The announcement came as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip -- a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people.
- Israeli forces said 1,200 people were killed in the onslaught -- the worst in the country's history.
- In Gaza, officials reported more than 1,000 people have been killed in Israel's sustained campaign of air and artillery strikes.
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United Nation: More than 338,000 people displaced amid Israeli onslaught