Most Gaza families remain displaced amid Israel’s destruction: UN

Only seven percent of displaced families in southern Gaza have managed to return home since the ceasefire began, while the vast majority remain trapped in overcrowded shelters.

A survey by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) found that those who returned did so to homes that were only partially habitable, driven mainly by the need to reunite with relatives or access basic services.

Most displaced families, however, have nowhere to go. Entire neighbourhoods lie in ruins after Israel’s relentless bombardment, leaving people with no safe or livable homes to return to.

According to the UN’s satellite agency, about 81 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed, evidence of the scale of devastation Israel’s war has inflicted.