Since the resumption of Israeli military operations in mid-March, over 500,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced across the Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations. This new wave of mass uprooting, affecting both newly and repeatedly displaced families, has plunged Gaza’s already devastated population deeper into crisis.

The UN highlighted that more than two million Palestinians—nearly the entire population of Gaza—had already been displaced in previous assaults. The latest military escalation has shattered what little remained of civilian life. Entire neighbourhoods are being erased, pushing families from one temporary refuge to another, often with nowhere safe left to go.

Israeli forces have declared nearly one-third of Gaza a so-called “buffer zone,” barring Palestinians from returning to or residing in these areas. These zones have turned vast stretches of civilian land into forbidden wastelands, stripping thousands of their homes, their livelihoods, and their right to exist with dignity.

Since March 18, more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed and over 4,300 wounded. The death toll since October 2023 has now surpassed 51,000. Behind each number lies a story of loss, of children pulled from rubble, of families obliterated in an instant. Aid workers and international agencies warn that the scale of suffering is almost beyond comprehension—and yet, the world continues to watch.

What remains of Gaza is a shadow of a people’s homeland, where displacement is no longer an emergency—it is a daily reality.