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Gaza health ministry reports 57% of youth suffer depression amid war
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Gaza's Health Ministry warned that the psychological condition of young people in the strip has become "alarming" after three years of Israeli warfare, Shehab Wire reported. The ministry stated that 98 percent of youth live in constant anxiety about their lives, with 57 percent experiencing depression.
The ministry also reported that 2,027 patients died before they could be evacuated for medical treatment, citing the deteriorating humanitarian conditions across Gaza.
