According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), 807,000 Palestinians out of an original 1.2 million are still residing in Gaza and North Gaza governorates despite the barbaric brutality of the Israeli occupation bombardment that started on October 7 which led to mass murdering of civilians in their own homes and tremendous destruction of residential buildings, and of all civil facilities, including hospitals, schools, places of worship, bakeries, and facilities.

Population residing in Gaza and North Gaza governorates as of the evening of November 11 was estimated at 807,000, representing approximately 152,000 households, out of 1.2 million Palestinians who resided in those governorates (448,000 were in the North Gaza governorate, and 754,000 in Gaza Governorate) before the beginning of the Israeli occupation aggression against Gaza Strip, meaning that about two-thirds of the population of the northern governorates still reside in the northern areas of Gaza Strip, while about a third of the
population of the northern governorates comprising approximately 400,000 individuals were displaced to the central and southern governorates of Gaza Strip (Deir Al-Balah, Khan Yunis, Rafah). The population currently residing in the central and southern governorates of the Gaza Strip is 1.43 million people.

The data collected by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics were based on the estimates of the number of people residing in Gaza and North Gaza governorates based on actual data sets that monitored the reality in Gaza Strip before and during the aggression on Gaza Strip, using data from the Palestinian telecommunications companies and the Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology, the Palestinian Household Expenditure and Consumption Survey (first three quarters, 2023) and the Household Survey on Information and Communications Technology (third quarter, 2023) in addition to demographic projections.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA