What displacement in Gaza looks like on maps, graphs and photos

Source: Maxar Technologies satellite image

Up to 1.8 million Gazans, or around 80% of the population, have been forced to leave their homes. since Israel began its bombing in response to the Hamas attack on October 7. This number is expected to increase after Israel issued a new evacuation order for southern areas on Saturday.

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Gaza has never experienced so much internal displacement in such a short time. Previous conflicts have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes, but refugee experts said the current war is unprecedented in the number of people displaced within the enclave's 140 square miles.

As Israel bans most Gazans from leaving the Gaza Strip and shelters have outnumbered many times their capacity, aid workers say there is no safe place to go as the fighting continues.

Where displaced people are staying in UN and government shelters

Each circle represents the total number of displaced people in the shelters within one square kilometer.

Sources: ReliefWeb Response (shelter populations); Israeli Military (evacuation zone boundaries)

Note: Shelter locations shown are primarily schools; data on medical facilities and other shelter buildings was not available. The data is as of November 28.

There are at least 14 government and United Nations shelters in the new evacuation zone announced on Saturday by Israeli forces. . These shelters had registered more than 68,000 displaced people as of November 28.

“People are sleeping in the streets and on sidewalks without any means of protection,” he said. Yousef said. Hammash, an official with the Norwegian Refugee Council, who fled his home in northern Gaza in mid-October to live with more than 40 family members in a two-room house in Khan Younis. "And people in shelters try to convince themselves that it's a little safer than being on the street."

"The situation before was unimaginable, and now they want to move people again," he added.