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OCHA: 200,000 Gazans displaced by fighting
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe UN’s Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the number of displaced Gazans has surpassed the 200,000 mark.
Over 165,000 Gazans are being housed at 92 UNRWA schools as of Saturday afternoon, an increase of 6,000 over the day before, and an additional 9,000 people are being housed in government facilities in the Strip, according to OCHA numbers.
The agency estimates another 20,000 to be bunking with relatives or friends, but does not explain where the other 6,000 or so internally displaced people are.
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