Cold, wet weather combined with a lack of clean water, toilets and food have fuelled a spike in respiratory, stomach and other ailments, and the sick are.
Infectious diseases are ravaging the population of the Gaza Strip, health officials and aid organizations said Monday, citing cold, wet weather; overcrowding in shelters; scarce food; dirty water; and little medicine. Adding to the crisis in the enclave after more than two months of war, those who become ill have extremely limited treatment options, as hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients injured in airstrikes. “We are all sick,” said Samah al-Farra, a 46-year-old mother of 10 strugglin
A lack of clean water, toilets and food have fueled a spike in illnesses, and increasingly dire conditions are making it hard for the sick to recover, health officials say.
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it had been forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within .