"Approximately 92 percent of homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed since October 7, 2023. According to United Nations estimates, around 436,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed as a result of Israeli airstrikes and military operations."
"Less than a week after the war began, on October 13, 2023, Israeli forces issued evacuation orders for northern Gaza, forcing over 1 million Palestinians to move southward to areas such as Khan Younis and Al-Mawasi, which were presented to residents as 'safe zones.' However, these areas were not prepared to accommodate such a massive influx of displaced people, lacking the infrastructure and health services needed to cope with successive waves of displacement."
"Later, on January 3, 2024, the building that housed our home was bombed and leveled. It was an eight-story building occupied by 32 families. In an instant, it was turned to rubble, leaving all those families homeless - another number added to the destruction statistics. Behind each figure is a home, memories, and a life destroyed in an instant."
Since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip has experienced catastrophic destruction with 92 percent of homes destroyed and 436,000 housing units damaged or destroyed through Israeli airstrikes and military operations. Within days of the war's start, Israeli forces issued evacuation orders forcing over 1 million Palestinians southward to areas like Khan Younis and Al-Mawasi, designated as safe zones but lacking adequate infrastructure and health services. As bombing continued and evacuation orders expanded, residents from across Gaza converged on Al-Mawasi. The displacement has been devastating, with entire buildings leveled and families rendered homeless. Behind destruction statistics lie individual homes, memories, and lives destroyed instantaneously.
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