2023-12-20 17:57:02
A study prepared by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory and published on Tuesday revealed that 71 percent of the population of the Gaza Strip suffer from severe levels of hunger, in light of what it said was “Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon to punish Palestinian civilians,” adding that 98 percent of participants in The survey said that they “suffer from insufficient food consumption, while regarding 64 percent of them reported that they eat grass, fruits, immature food, and expired materials to satisfy their hunger.”
The study also presented the repercussions of malnutrition and the lack of safe drinking water, as 66 percent of the study sample said that they are suffering, or have suffered during the current month, from cases of intestinal diseases, diarrhea, and skin rashes.
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Amal Al-Hamdan (65 years old) told Sky News Arabia, a Palestinian from Gaza residing in Beirut, that she finds it very difficult to reassure herself of her brothers in southern Gaza following they were displaced from the northern Gaza Strip.
Amal Baghsa adds: “I know a little regarding their news through a relative living in Turkey who communicates with one of them.”
She continues: “Their news is not good. Their children are suffering from severe diarrhea, and strange blisters appear on their bodies, the origin of which is unknown. These are widespread among the displaced people in the tents, in light of the worsening difficult conditions that we see on television, and the fear of the season of storms and cold.”
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The Palestinian doctor residing in Beirut, Faraj Muhammad Abu Radi, a specialist in lung diseases, said in an exclusive interview with “Sky News Arabia” website, “The worst thing that the residents of Gaza and my family members and relatives among them are experiencing is the psychological situation… and what we are witnessing in Gaza is a disaster.” “Humanity.”
He added: “There are immediate consequences of the bombing, including deaths, physical crushing (rupture of organs), and infections that the wounded continue to suffer from as a result of unclean wounds, due to the inability to heal the wounds.”
He explains: “The absence of medicines and fuel exacerbates the crisis, especially since medical machines and equipment operate on electricity, including artificial respirators and dialysis machines.”
He continues: “My wife’s brother is a doctor in one of the hospitals in Gaza. Whenever we talk to him, we feel his compelling psychological conditions, so we limit our conversation with him and silence prevails.”
He highlights: “From our online follow-up of some cases of friends there, the health conditions are more than bad and are divided into several categories, each of which is no less dangerous than the other,” and they are as follows:
- Diarrhea caused by several types of bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella.
- Hepatitis C.
- Skin diseases resulting from lack of water and sterilization, especially scabies and skin infections.
- Respiratory diseases, including influenza and lung infections.
- Malnutrition, especially in young children.
Abu Radi stresses that the risk of cholera spreading “has become greater than ever before.”
He also adds: “The conditions of pregnant women and new births have worsened as a result of the decrease in regular follow-up of pregnant women and the lack of functioning hospitals.”
Strange symptoms
For his part, dermatologist Jamal Hassan said in an interview with Sky News Arabia (he is in contact with Gaza doctors) that “the accumulation of waste in Gaza has increased the spread of rats and insects, according to reports received from there.”
He added: “Reports also indicate strange symptoms, the most prominent of which are headache, fever, and vomiting, along with back and body pain, among most of the displaced people of different age groups,” especially since “the transmitted pictures indicate that at least 30 people are living in one tent.”
He continues: “There are strange diseases and symptoms that may begin to spread among the displaced, and they may appear on the body in the form of blisters at first.”
He continues: “Because of such symptoms, a carrier of the disease can transmit the infection to others, which requires isolation of the infected.”
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