Israel launched a massive military offensive on Thursday, sending thousands of troops into Gaza
In a tweet, the Israeli Defense Forces said: "We have hit Hamas hard, and we will continue to hit Hamas hard."
But caught between Israel's forces and Hamas’s rockets are approximately 22,000 Palestinians who have taken refuge in one of the United Nations’ 24 designated emergency shelters.
We are providing food, shelter and water to all 22,000 individuals taking refuge in UNRWA shelters in #Gazahttp://ift.tt/1jEhOxv
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 17, 2014
That number, Sami Mshasha, a spokesperson with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) tells Mashable from the Gaza Strip, only represents a fraction of the overall total of internally displaced persons in Gaza. Read more...
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