Nearly 2,000,000 people in Gaza are displaced from their homes and face very poor basic services.

Omissions

• Displacement in Gaza is an estimate that fluctuates with military operations, evacuation orders and return movements; the ~1.9 million figure derives from assessments published in the first half of 2026 (World Bank/UN/EU Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, April 2026; UNRWA 2026 Flash Appeal; IOM 2026 Crisis Response Plan).
• No source found in this search gives a separately updated displacement count for September/October 2026, so the precise figure at the moment of the speech could differ somewhat from 1.9 million.
• Gaza's total population is around 2.1 million, so the claim merges the notions of 'people living in Gaza' and 'people displaced'; the two figures are close but not identical.
• Displaced-person caseloads counted by humanitarian agencies include people in shelters, with host families and in makeshift sites; they are registration/estimation-based rather than a census.

Sources

• PrimaryWorld Bank / UN / EU — Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment 2026 (Final, April 2026)"Nearly 1.9 million people have been displaced, many repeatedly, and over 1.2 million Palestinians in Gaza, about 60 percent of the population, have lost..."
• PrimaryUNRWA — Occupied Palestinian Territory Flash Appeal 2026"Shelter needs are acute, with more than 1.9 million people displaced and only limited shelter supplies entering Gaza."
• PrimaryOHCHR — press release on Gaza damage assessment (April 2026)"More than 371,000 housing units have been destroyed or damaged, approximately 1.9 million people have been displaced, often repeatedly"
• PrimaryUN OCHA — Occupied Palestinian Territory (country page)"Nearly all of Gaza's current population of 2.1 million people has been displaced, lacking access to sufficient shelter, food, life-saving medical services..."
• PrimaryIOM — Occupied Palestinian Territory Crisis Response Plan 2026"Nearly 1.9 million people - 90 per cent of Gaza's population - remain displaced, most multiple times."
• PrimaryEuropean Commission (DG ECHO) — Palestine country page"Within Gaza, over 1.9 million people (over 90% of the population) have been repeatedly forcibly displaced amid intensified Israeli bombardments"