Juliette Touma, UNRWA Director of Communications, said on Sunday that “the number is likely to be higher as people continue to leave their homes” amid warnings of a ground invasion by the Israeli regime.

On Friday, Israel ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area within 24 hours, in what is viewed as a precursor of a ground invasion by the occupying entity after suffering a serious setback by the Palestinian resistance groups over the past few days.

Israel has amassed troops around the strip in preparation for a potential ground offensive after warning people in northern Gaza to evacuate and move toward the southern part of Gaza.

Millions of Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza have been forced to flee ahead of the expected assault, an exodus that aid groups said would set off a humanitarian disaster.

The Israeli regime has also cut off food, water, medicine, internet and electricity to Gaza’s 2.3 million people.

Officials have warned a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding there due to a lack of medicine and medical equipment.

Source: Al Jazeera