The World Health Organization says scorching heat could exacerbate health problems for the millions of displaced, warning that a public health crisis was looming due to the lack of clean water, food and medical supplies
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“The situation is horrible,” said Daour, 42, as she sat beside her 20-year-old son Haitham in their sweltering tent in the southern city of Khan Younis in June. Hungry and weak, they cannot shower and struggle to sleep in their boiling shelters. In the heat, food is rotting, drawing insects and flies to crowded camps where people, who have been forced to flee again and again, now risk heatstroke and other heat-related diseases.
“It would be fair to say that the majority of humanitarian responders, including donors … have not really considered the threats of heat and extreme heat,” said Paul Knox Clarke, principal at ADAPT, a climate and humanitarian initiative. Israel has severely restricted the flow of food and aid into the Strip and humanitarian agencies have been warning of the risk of famine.
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