GAZA — As of Sunday, October 8, more than 17,000 families
with more than 124,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced by Israeli
raids, the UN’s
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
reported.
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Of the IDPs, 73,538 are residents of 64
UNRWA schools, some
of which are for emergency shelters, the office’s humanitarian further highlighted.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Authorities reported that at least
413 Palestinians were killed during the ongoing Israeli aggression for the
second day on the Gaza Strip, and 13 others in the West Bank, including one
child, in the occupied West Bank.
According to the report, the Israeli airstrikes and shelling
targeted homes and residential buildings in Gaza, "without warning to
evacuate residents," noting that 4 large multi-storey residential towers
of residential units (Palestine, Al-Hashim, Watan, Al-Aklok) in Gaza City was
completely destroyed, Al Mamlaka TV reported.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Public Works and Housing,
159 housing units were destroyed, while 1,210 housing units were severely
damaged.
The report also shared that 6 health care workers were
killed and 4 others were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes, which also
damaged 7 health care facilities and 9 ambulances and damaged water and
sanitation-related facilities due to Israeli airstrikes undermined the
provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services to more than 400,000
people.
On major restrictions and gaps, the report said a lack of
electricity/internet hinder frontline workers from connecting children to their
parents during family visit services as well as limited access to basic emergency information (ambulances, police and civil defense).
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