There are now 1.9 million displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the territory, Sigrid Kaag, said on Tuesday (July 2). That represents 80 percent of the area’s population. “Palestinian civilians in Gaza are plunged into an abyss of suffering. Their lives are shattered. The war has not only created the deepest humanitarian crisis. It has unleashed a maelstrom of human misery.“, added Sigrid Kaag. Some 250,000 people have been affected in the south of the Gaza Strip by the new evacuation order issued Monday by Israel, claims the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). Follow our live.
Israeli army bombs Khan Younis town. Hundreds of Palestinians have been forced to flee the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip again, targeted by Israeli strikes, an AFP journalist has noted. The IDF on Monday evening ordered a new evacuation of areas in the Khan Younis and Rafah governorates, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were already forced to flee the fighting several weeks ago.
Rocket attacks claimed by Islamic Jihad. The Palestinian armed group allied to Hamas claimed on Monday to have fired on Israeli towns near Gaza. The Israeli army announced that “20 projectiles” had been taken from the Khan Younis region.
Military operations continue in a neighborhood of Gaza City. According to the army of the Hebrew State, ““About twenty terrorists were eliminated there by dozens of air strikes” et “Many terrorists were eliminated during the fighting”On Monday, the IDF also announced the death in combat of a soldier in southern Gaza, bringing to 317 the number of soldiers killed since October 27.
