The UN will warn about the increase in infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip
The humanitarian aid coordinator of the United Nations has said: infectious diseases are spreading in the Gaza Strip due to the lack of safe water and rising temperatures.
Jamie McGoldrick, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator, said in a press conference that: "The temperature is increasing in the Gaza Strip, and people are getting less water than they need, as a result, infectious diseases are emerging through water due to and the lack of safe water and the destruction of the sewage system.
The UN humanitarian coordinator, speaking after his recent visit to the Gaza Strip, added: "In the coming months, there will be a need to find a way to guarantee safe water in densely populated areas where people have gathered for now."
According to the World Health Organization, dirty water and poor health systems are linked to diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery and hepatitis.
Before that, the spokesperson of the World Health Organization had stressed that, if the health system in Gaza is not developed quickly, then the risk of death from diseases for the residents of the area will be greater than the bombing attacks of the warplanes of the Zionist regime. of Israel.
