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Thousands of Gaza residents take refuge in UN schools from Israel air raids

Hundreds of families have been displaced from their homes in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment, with some sheltering in schools affiliated with the United Nations for safety [Ruwaida Amer/Al Jazeera]

Since the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip began on Saturday, more than 73,000 Palestinian residents living along the eastern regions near the Israeli frontier have left their homes to take shelter in United Nations refugee agency schools.

According to Adnan Abu Hasna, a media spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), people are arriving from all parts of the Gaza Strip, as the area faces intense aerial bombardment.

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