UN foresees more displacement because of Gaza conflict

The United Nations refugee chief warned that the Gaza conflict could spur more displacement in the wider region as U.N. officials, politicians and aid groups gathered in Geneva on Wednesday to seek solutions to a global displacement crisis.
A record 114 million people around the world have been driven from their homes, including about 40 million refugees fleeing dozens of active conflicts including in Sudan and Ukraine.
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has also internally displaced 85% of the Palestinian enclave’s population.
“A major human catastrophe is unfolding in the Gaza Strip and so far the Security Council has failed to stop the violence,” Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, told the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, an event hosted every four years.
“We foresee more civilian deaths and suffering and also further displacement that threatens the region.”