United Nations estimates indicate that more than 260,000 Palestinians were displaced due to Israeli bombing.

The number of Palestinians displaced in the Gaza Strip as a result of the bombing has increased Israel Behind the The attack launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday Since the enclave’s population has increased to more than 260,000, according to United Nations reports.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) In its latest assessments, it determined that 263,934 people had been displaced in the enclavewith 175,486 children residing in schools of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

“It represents the number of internally displaced people This is the highest number since the 50-day surge in hostilities in 2014He warned, before stressing that this situation causes problems for humanitarian organizations when it comes to meeting the basic needs of these people.

This number is expected to rise further. He stressed, before explaining in detail, “The past 24 hours have been marked by an increase in air and ground bombardment by Israel on the Gaza Strip, with a particular focus on the sand area west of Gaza City, Gaza and Khan Yunis.”

He pointed out that “the explosions Reached many communications facilities, Two of the three main mobile communications lines were destroyed,” causing “an outage of mobile phone and Internet services.”

“Multiple residential buildings in densely populated areas were also attacked, resulting in casualties. Among them are the elderly, women and childrenThe Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs indicated that at least three Palestinian journalists were killed on Tuesday in a missile attack west of Gaza City.

In this vein, he pointed out that World Health Organization data includes attacks against 37 health facilities, and incidents that left six health workers dead and eight injured, in addition to damage. In thirteen buildings and 15 ambulances. These hospitals include Beit Hanoun Hospital, which was “inaccessible” after being attacked in its vicinity.

On the other hand, 15 educational buildings were “affected”, including damage to five UNRWA schools, which has so far confirmed the killing of four of its workers and material damage to its headquarters in Gaza City as a result of an Israeli attack.

Israel, which imposes a comprehensive siege on the Gaza Strip, has so far confirmed that more than 1,200 people have been killed and 3,700 wounded since the start of the Hamas attack, which it launched on Saturday with the support of the Islamic Jihad movement, while 950 Palestinians were killed and about 5,000 others were injured. They were injured as a result of Israeli bombing and attacks on Gaza, in addition to more than 20 people in operations and clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank.