ANKARA, May 15 (Bernama-Anadolu) – Around 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million population has been forcibly displaced by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Palestinians on Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of their expulsion from towns in historical Palestine following the founding of Israel.
“In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages. These events are known as the Nakba,” UNRWA said in a statement.
“Seventy-seven years later, Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced.”
The refugee agency said the Israeli war has forced 90 per cent of the population to flee their homes.
“Some have been displaced 10 times or more.”
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children.
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