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☆ Skin infections and hepatitis spread as Gazans resort to drinking and bathing in contaminated water
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Aria-Bendix-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Aria Bendix | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

(The Israeli military ordered evacuations in eastern Khan Younis on Friday.) NBC NewsGaza’s water system relies heavily on wells and desalination plants, but much of that infrastructure has been decimated. The aid group Oxfam International estimated last month that all of Gaza’s desalination plants and 88% of its water wells had been destroyed or damaged. Alaa Al-Bata, the mayor of Khan Younis, said at least 30 water wells in southern Gaza were destroyed last month. The virus can spread in various ways, including via drinking water contaminated with feces from a person who’s infected.

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☆ Opinion: Gaza needs trained doctors. Israel is blocking Palestinian physicians like me
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Opinion Ali Elaydi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

After a rule recently imposed by Israel, however, I’m no longer allowed to lend my medical expertise to help in Gaza. The medical mission I was part of, sponsored by an aid group called ‘FAJR’ Scientific, took place at the European Gaza hospital in Khan Younis, a facility that has since been evacuated. AFP/Getty ImagesI was born in a refugee camp in Gaza four years into the first Palestinian Intifada. Israeli policy has made giving back impossible, however. The denial of a Palestinian doctor’s right to volunteer — in the process hindering the delivery of humanitarian efforts — is an affront.

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