United Nations: At least 72,000 people have been displaced in Gaza. A senior UN official has warned that at least 72,000 people have been displaced as a result of recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
A senior UN official said yesterday (Tuesday) that at least 72,000 people had been displaced as a result of recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The Jerusalem Post reported that a senior UN official stressed that there was no longer any safe haven in Gaza and said that at least 72,000 Palestinians had been displaced as a result of the Israeli army’s 9-day offensive in Gaza.
“In Gaza, I am very concerned about reports of continued Israeli bombing,” said Mark Lukak, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Coordinator of Emergency Relief. “There is no safe haven in Gaza, where two million people have been forcibly separated from the rest of the world in the last 13 years.”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 72,000 Palestinians, including 47,000 Palestinians, have been displaced as a result of Israeli airstrikes, including 58 in the Middle East Relief and Employment Agency.
There is no “safe place” in Gaza, a top UN official said Tuesday as the organization reported that 72,000 Palestinians have been displaced as the result of IDF strikes over the last nine days.
“In Gaza, I am deeply troubled by reports of high-frequency Israeli bombardments,” Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said.
“There is no safe place in Gaza, where two million people have been forcibly isolated from the rest of the world for over 13 years,” he said.
Lowcock spoke in the aftermath of nine days of Israeli-Palestinian violence, during which time Hamas barraged Israel with over 3,500 rockets and the IDF launched hundreds of counter strikes against Hamas target.
“The indiscriminate launching of rockets by armed groups towards populated areas in Israel is unacceptable and must end,” he said.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that as a result of the IDF strikes, 72,000 Palestinians were displaced, “including 47,000 seeking protection in 58 United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools across Gaza. Another 25,000 displaced people are staying with host families.”
OCHA said that since May 10, some 213 Palestinians, including 62 children, 35 women, have been killed in Gaza during the IDF strikes. It did note Israel’s claim that some of the dead were killed by Hamas rockets that fell short.
