Thousands of Palestinian children are grappling with skin diseases, caused by Israel's siege and invasion, with UN sounding alarm over spike in Hepatitis A and polio in the enclave.
Thousands of Palestinian children are grappling with skin diseases, caused by Israel's siege and invasion, with UN sounding alarm over spike in Hepatitis A and polio in the enclave.Yasmine al-Shanbari, a Palestinian girl with a skin infection, looks on as she is held by her father / Photo: Reuters
Red scratchy patches have spread all over Yasmine's face, and her father feels helpless as she sits in his lap in a burnt-out, crowded school where they have taken shelter in the Jabalia urban camp in north Gaza. Skin diseases are not the only illnesses that are creeping into one of the most densely populated places on earth.
"UN agencies warned of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage," it said in a report earlier this month. Ammar al-Mashharawi, a 2-year-old toddler, also has a fiery red rash all over his face and body in Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was struck by Israeli missiles in May.
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