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180,000 Palestinians forcefully displaced by Israeli assault on Khan Younis: UN

Over 180,000 Palestinians have fled Israeli bombardments around Khan Younis in southern Gaza within the past four days, according to the United Nations.

The UN humanitarian agency Ocha reported that recent "intensified hostilities" in the Khan Younis area have sparked "new waves of internal displacement across Gaza" more than nine months into the Israeli war.

Ocha stated that "approximately 182,000 people" have been displaced from central and eastern Khan Younis between Monday and Thursday, with "hundreds of others" still stranded in eastern Khan Younis.