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UNRWA: 200 days into Israel-Hamas conflict, over 1m Gazans have lost homes

Survivors inspect the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Nov 4, 2023. [Xinhua]

More than a million residents in the Gaza Strip have lost their homes and 75 per cent of the population in the Palestinian coastal enclave have been displaced since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict 200 days ago, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.

"Destruction is everywhere in Gaza. Damage to critical infrastructure is immense," UNRWA wrote in a post on social media platform X.

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