GAZA, (PIC)
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said that the civilians in the war-torn Gaza Strip are facing an unprecedented health and environmental catastrophe in the midst of the ongoing Israeli genocide that entered its seventh month.
In a report on Monday, Euro-Med warned that infectious and deadly diseases and epidemics in Gaza would increase further due to contaminated water, overcrowding, high temperatures, the collapse of the health system, scarcity of medicines and sterilization supplies, waste pile-up and sewage overflow.
Euro-Med pointed out that children, especially newborns, elderlies and people with chronic health problems are the most affected by the worsening health catastrophe in Gaza.
Euro-Med also said that the Gaza population receives amounts of clean water much less than what they need, with the majority of them being forced to use polluted water that is not suitable for drinking, adding that water pollution leads to the spread of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, and hepatitis, according to the World Health Organization.
Paired with the power outage crisis, the fuel shortage has led to the total closure of water desalination and sewage plants, greatly increasing the risk of bacterial infections spreading, Euro-Med said.
Euro-Med also pointed to the presence of thousands of decomposed corpses in horrific conditions in different streets and under the rubble of homes and others that had been eaten by stray dogs and cats.
