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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

‘Where will they go when the crisis is over?’ Fears for 1.4m Palestinians displaced by Israeli airtstrikes

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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been left homeless after weeks of airstrikes - figures that only look set to increase given Israel steps up its ground operations inside Gaza.

On 13 October, one million people were ordered by Israel to evacuate northern Gaza. The move garnered international criticism with the World Health Organization calling it a “death sentence for the sick and injured” and the UN warning it was impossible to execute and would lead to a “calamitous situation”.

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