The Site Management Cluster — the UN coordination body responsible for managing displacement sites and tracking population movements in humanitarian emergencies — is reporting that 57,638 displacement movements took place from northern to southern Gaza between September 23 and 27 amid escalating Israeli attacks on Gaza City, Al Jazeera reports.

Since mid-August, the cluster reports have shown that almost 400,000 large-scale movements of people have taken place.

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation move southward, after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 29, 2025. — Reuters
Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation move southward, after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 29, 2025. — Reuters

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