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More than 200,000 Israelis are displaced internally due to war, says government
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Israelis load their belongings onto a bus as they evacuate from the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
More than 200,000 Israelis are internally displaced, says a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Half of that number were ordered to evacuated from 105 communities near the Gaza and Lebanon borders, while half left areas close to the front of their own volition, says Eylon Levy during a media briefing to reporters.
