Health & Healing
WHO warns of disease risk as Gaza water quality deteriorates
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The World Health Organization on Tuesday raised concern over worsening water quality and contamination in Gaza, citing mounting disease risks, the Middle East Eye reported. The organization flagged threats posed by deteriorating sanitation conditions across the territory and warned that contaminated water supplies could trigger widespread illness outbreaks.
The WHO also expressed concern over the growing number of amputees in Gaza, pointing to the scale of trauma-related injuries sustained across the population. Officials have previously warned that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza poses severe public health dangers across multiple sectors, from disease transmission to acute medical shortages that leave patients unable to receive necessary treatment.
