Agence France-Presse quoted the agency’s communications director, Juliette Touma, as saying that “an estimated one million people were displaced in the first seven days” of the bloody escalation between the two sides.
According to UNRWA, this number is likely to increase as residents continue to leave their homes for fear of Israeli bombing.
Israel responded with intense bombardment on the Gaza Strip after Hamas launched a surprise attack on land, sea and air on October 7, killing more than 1,300 people.
More than 2,300 people, including more than 700 children, were killed in the Gaza Strip and more than 9,000 were injured, according to the latest toll provided by the Hamas Ministry of Health.
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