The UN warned on Tuesday that nearly 1.7 million displaced Palestinians, about 80% of Gaza’s population, are living in extremely poor conditions across nearly 1,600 displacement sites, with acute shortages of water, shelter, and basic services, Anadolu reports.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a news conference that “shelling, gunfire, bombing, and airstrikes continue to harm civilians across the Gaza Strip.”
He noted that UNICEF announced in a social media post that a 17-year-old girl, one of its Youth Champions, was killed while on her way to sit for her high school exam.
“We reiterate that civilians, including children, must always be protected,” Dujarric said.
He said that a newly released assessment of displacement sites found that at least 59,000 individual shelters house more than eight people each, while around 38,500 people are sleeping in the open.
