Fifteen months into the war in Gaza, where more than 46,500 Palestinians have been killed and almost all of the population of 2.1 million are living in makeshift accommodation, conditions continue to deteriorate in the face of famine and cold.
At least 1.9 million people – or about 90% of the territory’s population – are displaced. Many have been forced to relocate repeatedly, some as many as 10 times.
Over the past three months, Israeli ground operations have concentrated on the northern third of the territory, where Israel says it is trying to prevent Hamas from regrouping and Palestinians accuse Israel of seeking to permanently depopulate a buffer zone.
At least 5,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s 100-day siege of northern Gaza, according to the Gaza government’s media office, although that figure does not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israel says it goes to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties.
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Israeli air strikes killed dozens more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including eight people in another...
