Gaza at risk of diseases this summer from piled-up waste, NGO warns

MADRID: The Gaza Strip faces unprecedented disease outbreaks this summer caused by p

this summer caused by piles of uncollected waste rotting in the heat, fuelling further misery for residents already suffering from food shortages, according to Action Against Hunger.

"This amount of solid waste all over the strip causes multiple hygiene and sanitation problems," Diamanti told Reuters. Israel has laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip after a Hamas attack on Oct 7 killed some 1,200 people and gunmen abducted about another 250, according to Israeli tallies.Last month was the warmest May ever globally

Action Against Hunger also helps distribute drinking water to communal kitchens and individuals, as well as handing out nutritional supplements to children and vulnerable people in the territory, a narrow strip of land squeezed between Egypt and Israel.

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