Approximately 480,000 Palestinians have fled from August from Gaza to the south, the Israeli army announced on Friday, intensifying its offensive in this Palestinian city where there is a famine. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reports four more deaths caused by malnutrition. According to the AFP report and al-Jazeera, TASR reports this.
“The estimate is approximately 480,000,” the army answered the question of the French news agency how many people have fled from the end of August from Gaza. At the end of August, the United Nations said that approximately a million people live in the city and its surroundings.
The start of the ground operation
The army has expanded its offensive in Gaza in the past period and confirmed the start of the ground operation in this city, which it plans to control militarily. It attacks the city by air and tank fire and levels with the ground high -rise buildings, while Israeli officials claim that the aim is to destroy “terrorist infrastructure” in the city.
On Friday, the army warned that in Gaza, it would hit the “unprecedented force” while urging the people there to quickly go south. It also announced the closure of the temporary evacuation route, which it opened 48 hours ago.
Tension before the UN Assembly
Since Tuesday, Israel has repeatedly called for the evacuation of the city, but many Palestinians claim that the cost of escape is too high and do not know where to go.
The army intensifies its fighting only shortly before several countries next week at the UN General Assembly are going to recognize the Palestinian state. Israel is opposed to this step, which he considers to be a “reward” for Hamas.
Almost two years of war in the Gaza Strip claimed at least 65,174 victims, mostly civilians. Al-Jazeera, with the dismissal of the Gazan Ministry of Health, reported that at least 33 people had died in Israeli attacks in the Palestinian enclave over the past 24 hours and another 146 suffered injuries. At the same time, the Ministry has recorded four more deaths caused by malnutrition over the last day. The number of people who died of hunger in more than 23 months of the war increased to 440 including 147 children.
