(ANSA) - ROMA, 25 GEN - epa11102685 Children walk amid
destroyed houses during the Israeli military operation in Al
Bureije refugee camp southern Gaza Strip on, 24 January 2024.
(Issued 25 January 2024). More than 24,600 Palestinians and at
least 1,300 Israelis have been killed, according to the
Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the
Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and
the West Bank which followed it. Since 07 October, up to 1.9
million people, or more than 85 percent of the population, have
been displaced throughout the Gaza Strip, some more than once,
according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which added that
most civilians in Gaza are in 'desperate need of humanitarian
assistance and protection. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
MOHAMMED SABER/ (ANSA).