GENEVA, November 30./TASS/. The number of internally displaced people in Gaza has grown to 1.8 million people, which is about 80% of the enclave’s population, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports.

"Up to 1.8 million people in Gaza, or nearly 80% of the population, are estimated to be internally displaced," the office said. According to it, "obtaining an accurate count is challenging, including because of difficulties in tracking IDPs staying with host families and accounting for those who returned to their homes during the pause but remain registered in UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - TASS) and other shelters".

According to OCHA, "nearly 1.1 million IDPs are registered in 156 UNRWA facilities across Gaza, of whom about 86% (946,000) are registered in 99 UNRWA shelters in the south. Another 191,000 IDPs are estimated to be staying in 124 public schools and hospitals, as well as in other venues such as wedding halls, offices, and community centers." "The rest are hosted by families," it said.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Wednesday that diseases amid a lack of medical care and deteriorating living conditions in the enclave could kill more Gazans than shelling. He said 111,000 cases of acute respiratory diseases, 75,000 cases of diarrhea, 24,000 cases of skin rashes and 12,000 cases of tuberculosis have already been reported in Gaza.