UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said that some 1.9 million people in Gaza, approximately 85 per cent of the territory’s population, have been displaced by Israel’s military onslaught.

In a post on X, the UNOCHA said half of all pregnant women in shelters in Gaza are suffering from thirst, malnutrition, and no access to medical care, while 50pc of all displaced children are in danger of dehydration, malnutrition, respiratory and skin diseases, severe cold, and newborn infants are not being vaccinated.