NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) - UN top humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), Andrea De Domenico, said, “At the moment, we estimated that nine out of every ten people in the Gaza Strip had been internally displaced at least once, if not up to 10 times, unfortunately, since October.”

"We are again at the crossroads where the UN and its partners have to reset their operations," Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian Territory, said at a virtual news conference.

He noted that Israel's recent evacuation order in Khan Younis has affected a third of the enclave, further exacerbating the crisis, reported Anadolu Ajansi.

Emphasizing the constant movement, he said: "People in the last nine months have been moved around like pawns in a board game, forced from one location to the next location."

De Domenico said residents have to rebuild under extremely difficult living conditions each time, leading to more suffering and a greater need for humanitarian aid.

Stressing that the UN will continue to stay in the region, he highlighted that aid distribution is challenging every day.

Citing the Palestinian Authority's Bureau of Statistics, De Domenico said Gaza's population is 2.3 million and he estimated that 110,000 have left Gaza, and 37,000 have been killed.

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