UNRWA: In Gaza, intestinal diseases spreading 4 times faster than before 7 Oct

UNRWA media adviser and spokesperson, Adnan Abu Hasna, said that there are huge needs in the Gaza Strip, especially with the arrival of winter, which requires providing large quantities of clothes and blankets, in addition to medicines and fuel.

In a brief statement released by UNRWA on Saturday, Abu Hasna added that there is a fear of the spread of diseases, as intestinal diseases have spread at a rate four times what they were previously and skin diseases have increased threefold, in addition to reports of the spread of viral hepatitis. All of this will have serious consequences due to overcrowding and lack of clean water.

The UNRWA spokesperson pointed out that the aid entering the Strip is “a drop in the ocean of humanitarian needs” of  the Strip even before Israel’s bombing campaign began on 7 October.

UNRWA warned in a post on X: “Gaza’s population will soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israeli bombardment.”

Over 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in📍#Gaza – including over 6,000 children and 4,000 women – since the war began.

People have lost everything and they need everything.

Gaza’s population will soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israeli bombardment. pic.twitter.com/nt6vebmdri

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) December 3, 2023

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