11 dec 2023 om 21:06
At least 85 percent of the Palestinian population has been displaced since the start of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. This concerns more than 1.9 million people, the United Nations reports. They have nowhere to go while the humanitarian crisis worsens every day.
Nearly two million people have been driven from their homes. It is impossible for many to find shelter or food in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, nowhere is safe anymore since Israeli troops are carrying out attacks everywhere in Gaza.
“Some have not eaten for days,” Gazans told the news agency Reuters. According to the UN, at least half of the population is hungry. Trucks with relief supplies are also looted.
In addition to deaths from bombings, more and more people are also dying from hunger and dehydration. Gazans take their dead children to hospitals, reports UN refugee agency UNRWA. Aid organizations therefore warn of a disruption of social order as the situation worsens.
And that situation is “hellish”, reports the UN. “Flee from attacks, hunger and cold” is all the Gazans can do.
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‘Israel wants to rid Gaza of its population’
UN chief António Guterres fears a “mass flight to Egypt”. But that neighboring country does not allow Palestinian refugees in, because the government is afraid that they will not return. UNRWA and neighboring Jordan accuse Israel of trying to “empty Gaza of its population.”
Israel denies this and says it is purely focused on “exterminating all Hamas fighters”. According to Israelis, the instructions to Gazans to go to other areas are part of the measures to protect the population.
Hamas tries to prevent Israeli tanks from advancing further. But in the meantime they are also carrying out attacks on Israel themselves. About twelve hundred people were killed during the attack on October 7.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is under Hamas control, more than eighteen thousand people have been killed. In addition, almost fifty thousand people were injured. Attacks on both sides have intensified since the end of the ceasefire.
The conflict explained
2023-12-11 20:06:06
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