The number of Palestinians displaced in the Gaza Strip due to the bombings of Israel behind the offensive launched on Saturday by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) since the enclave has risen to more than 260,000, as reported by the United Nations.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has specified in its latest balance that 263,934 people have been displaced in the enclavewith 175,486 housed in schools of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

“The number of internally displaced people represents the highest number since the increase in hostilities for 50 days in 2014“, he warned, before emphasizing that this situation is causing humanitarian organizations to have problems when it comes to meeting the basic needs of these people.

“This figure is expected to increase further,” has highlighted, before detailing that “the last 24 hours have been characterized by an increase in air and ground bombardments by Israel in the Gaza Strip, with a particular focus on the Al Rimal area, west of Gaza City. Gaza and Khan Yunis”.

Thus, he pointed out that “the bombings have reached multiple telecommunications facilities, destroying two of the three main mobile communication lines”, which is causing “outages in mobile phone and Internet services.”

“Multiple residential buildings in densely populated areas have also been attacked, resulting in casualties, including elderly, women and childrens”, noted OCHA, which recalled that at least three Palestinian journalists were killed on Tuesday in a missile attack west of Gaza City.

Along these lines, he recalled that data from the World Health Organization (WHO) includes attacks against 37 health facilities, incidents that have left six health workers dead and eight injured, as well as damage. in thirteen buildings and 15 ambulances. These include the Beit Hanun hospital, which is “inaccessible” after an attack in its surroundings.

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

Israel, which has imposed a total siege on the Strip, has so far confirmed more than 1,200 dead and 3,700 wounded since the start of the Hamas offensive, launched on Saturday and backed by Islamic Jihad, while 950 Palestinians have died and some 5,000 have been injured as a result of Israeli bombings and attacks against Gaza, in addition to more than 20 in operations and clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank.