UN: 20 thousand Gazans left their homes due to fighting
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At least 20 thousand residents of the Gaza Strip fled their homes due to the fighting. This was reported by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The structure clarified that at least 20 thousand people by 18.00 on October 7 moved to forty-four UNRWA schools (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). Twenty-eight educational institutions are designated emergency shelters throughout the Gaza Strip.
The UN office clarified that the people who contacted them fall into the category of internally displaced persons – these are people who were forced to leave their homes due to hostilities, but remained on the territory of their country).
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces asked residents of the Gaza Strip to leave their homes. The address was recorded in Arabic by IDF spokesman Avichai Adrai. “Hamas operations are forcing the IDF to operate in your area. To ensure your safety, you must immediately leave your homes,” he noted.
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