More than 1 million Palestinians have fled their homes since Israel launched its offensive on the Gaza Strip. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Palestine Riyad Mansour at the UN Security Council meeting. RIA News.
According to him, people could not even bury their loved ones.
Mansur claims that more than 3,000 Palestinians, including more than 1,000 children, lost their lives as a result of Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. In total, 47 families of 500 people were destroyed.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The IDF’s intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and the country’s National Security Council decided to halt the supply of water, food, materials, electricity and fuel to the region. 13 October Israel announced The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
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