Update on Israel-Hamas War. There has been one million residents of Gaza have been displaced in the past week, since Israel began bombarding area after Hamas attacks on October 7 killed over 1,300, the UNRWA said. More than 2,300 people have also been killed in Gaza in Israeli air strikes targeting Hamas leaders, militants and their hideouts in the coastal enclave.
UNRWA Communications Director Juliette Touma told DW on Sunday that the displaced had been moving "all over the Gaza Strip." UNRWA stands for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine.
"The number is likely to be higher as people continue to leave their homes," Touma also told the French news agency AFP.
Israel has been urging Gaza's roughly 2.3 million citizens to move southward, particularly out of Gaza City, as it prepares for a ground offensive.
