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Palestinians camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 17, 2025, as people return to northern parts of Gaza during a current ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo by Bashar Taleb/AFP/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744095018824Screen Shot 2025-04-08 at 2.49.33 PM.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Palestinians camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 17, 2025, as people return to northern parts of Gaza during a current ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. <em>Photo by Bashar Taleb/AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align:left">UNITED NATIONS, United States — Nearly 400,000 Gaza residents have been displaced in the weeks since Israel resumed military operations in the territory, with relentless attacks leading to &quot;large-scale civilian casualties,&quot; the UN secretary-general&#x27;s spokesman said Monday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/4/israel-expands-ground-offensive-in-gaza-city-1756">Israel expands ground offensive in Gaza City</a></div><p>&quot;Survivors across Gaza are being displaced repeatedly and forced into an ever shrinking space where their basic needs just cannot be met,&quot; said spokesman Stephane Dujarric.</p><p>&quot;Overall, we estimate that nearly 400,000 people have been displaced yet again since the breakdown of the ceasefire.&quot;</p><p>Much of the Gaza Strip&#x27;s population of roughly 2.4 million people had already been displaced at least once between October 7, 2023 when the war began with a deadly Hamas raid into Israel, and the start of the ceasefire in January.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/7/six-year-old-palestinian-loses-her-arm-following-israeli-strike-on-school-turned-shelter-0638">Six-year-old Palestinian loses her arm following Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter</a></div><p>In a joint statement, the heads of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, UNICEF and World Food Program appealed &quot;to world leaders to act -- firmly, urgently and decisively -- to ensure the basic principles of international humanitarian law are upheld.&quot;</p><p>Vast numbers of Gazans are &quot;trapped, bombed and starved again, while, at crossing points, food, medicine, fuel and shelter supplies are piling up, and vital equipment is stuck&quot; amid an Israeli humanitarian and commercial blockade in its second month, they added.</p><p>&quot;We are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life,&quot; the agency chiefs said.</p><p>&quot;Assertions that there is now enough food to feed all Palestinians in Gaza are far from the reality on the ground, and commodities are running extremely low.&quot;</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EMG9CuGUNaY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Nearly 400,000 Gaza residents have been displaced in the weeks since Israel resumed military operations in the territory, the UN secretary-general's spokesman said Monday.</p>

Nearly 400,000 Gaza residents have been displaced in the weeks since Israel resumed military operations in the territory, the UN secretary-general's spokesman said Monday.

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UN says nearly 400,000 displaced since end of Gaza ceasefire

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Published April 08, 2025 02:58 PM PHT

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