7 out of 10 Palestinians in Gaza – 71% of the Strip’s inhabitants – suffer from extreme hunger while continuing to suffer from Israel‘s constant bombardment, human rights groups have denounced in a study – a situation that the United Nations and UNICEF have described as “the perfect storm for the spread of disease“.
The study, released yesterday, looked at the situation of 1,200 people in Gaza, and found that 98% of those surveyed said they were eating insufficient amounts of food. In addition, 64% admitted eating grass, fruits and unfit food and even expired products to satisfy their hunger. The study also revealed that Gazans have only 1.5 litres per person per day of access to water, including water available for drinking, bathing and cleaning. “This is 15 litres less than the minimum amount of water necessary for survival, as required by international standards,” the report warns.
As a result, 66% of those surveyed said they had suffered from illnesses such as diarrhoea, skin rashes or intestinal diseases in the past month, reaffirming warnings in recent days by UN officials and aid workers that Gazans face a “perfect storm” of deadly diseases due to Israel’s offensive against Hamas, which has completely destroyed the Strip’s infrastructure, health system and food chain.
According to WHO data, between 29 November and 10 December alone, cases of diarrhoea in children under five rose by 66% to 59,895, and by 55% in the rest of the population. To date, Israeli attacks in Gaza since 7 October have killed at least 19,667 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 52,586. The war has left Gaza in ruins: half of the homes are damaged or destroyed, and almost 2 million Palestinians have been displaced within what was already before the offensive the most densely populated territory in the world, enduring massive shortages of food and clean water.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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