The Gaza Strip, with its 2.3 million Palestinians, is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with experts reporting that most civilians are going without food for days, and a surge in Hepatitis A cases due to poor sanitary conditions and lack of clean water. The Palestinian Medical Relief has highlighted the outbreak, and the Gaza Ministry of Health reports 8,000 cases of Hepatitis A. The situation is exacerbated by severe overcrowding, displacement, and limited access to hygiene essentials and basic healthcare. Despite repeated calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to enable safe delivery of food, medicine, water, and shelter, a ceasefire has not yet been established. The UN and UNRWA, the largest humanitarian organisation on the ground, are working collectively to provide aid and scale up assistance, but the needs are growing by the hour. The World Health Organization has reported appalling sanitary conditions, with an average of one toilet for every 500 people and one shower for every two thousand, increasing the risk of epidemics.
Doctors in Gaza are warning that diseases like Hepatitis-A are rapidly on the rise due to Israel’s war forcing people to live in unsanitary conditions. https://t.co/8vPOueE0lk
United Nations warns of viruses spreading in the Gaza Strip amid poor sanitary conditions and a lack of resources https://t.co/32Q0r2W59W https://t.co/OJZyR2HEKF
⚠️ The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported appalling sanitary conditions in the #Gaza Strip: an average of one toilet for every 500 people and one shower for every two thousand, increasing the risk of epidemic spread. https://t.co/VIVugWHCMe
The @UN system is working collectively around the clock to keep scaling up the speed and volume of urgent aid to people in📍#Gaza It is critical that humanitarian aid is able to reach people across the entire #GazaStrip. The needs on the ground are growing by the hour. https://t.co/b0sA9t8PUK
An immediate humanitarian ceasefire is needed in Gaza to ensure sufficient aid gets to where it is needed, including food, medicine, water & shelter. Despite major obstacles, @UNRWA continues working to provide assistance to people in desperate need. https://t.co/u2ajWh7Ix5 https://t.co/dbNoicojCR
The Gaza Ministry of Health reports 8,000 cases of Hepatitis A have been recorded in Gaza. The longer Israel’s genocide goes on, the higher the risk of diseases and epidemics for Palestinians there becomes. To save thousands of lives, Palestinians need a permanent ceasefire now.
Despite repeated calls, a humanitarian ceasefire is still not in place to stop the killing in #Gaza & enable safe delivery of food, medicine, water & shelter. As the largest humanitarian organisation on the ground, @UNRWA colleagues are doing everything they can to provide aid. https://t.co/t9hnYui4tU
Gaza health crisis: surging hepatitis A cases linked to overcrowded conditions and inadequate hygiene. https://t.co/dhzb6duk2H
🚨ONCE AGAIN, WE SOUND THE ALARM🚨 #Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians are at great risk of epidemics and infectious diseases due to severe overcrowding, prolonged displacement, and lack of access to hygiene essentials and basic healthcare. #CeasefireNOW https://t.co/xTTJq5Ku7S
Palestinian Medical Relief reported an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Gaza Strip due to poor sanitary conditions and lack of clean water during the War on Gaza.
"Most people are going a day or longer without eating," experts say. War-torn, displaced, scared and starving—it's absolutely heartbreaking. We must deliver desperately-needed humanitarian assistance for the innocent civilians suffering in Gaza. https://t.co/fKBvyM9ZfY