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[-] filoria@lemmy.ml 74 points 10 months ago

Who would've thought that completely destroying health infrastructure in Gaza would increase risk of disease near Gaza?

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 48 points 10 months ago
[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), 85 percent of Palestinians in Gaza — 1.9 million people — have been internally displaced by the war [...] displaced Gazans are reportedly living in squalid, overcrowded winter conditions with little clean water for drinking and washing.

Conditions are considerably worse now with the near-complete lack of fuel and electricity to operate sewage treatment equipment and hundreds of tons of garbage piling up daily in southern Gaza.
“Without enough latrines, open-air defecation is prevalent, increasing concerns of further spread of disease, particularly during rains and related flooding,” said a December 22 update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

According to OCHA, it is projected that by February, the entire population of Gaza (approximately 2.2 million people) will experience severe food insecurity. This, in combination with a lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene, could lead to a completely dire health situation, said the World Health Organization.

Davidovitch and Calderon-Margalit were among a group of public health physicians who condemned a provocative statement by former head of the Israeli National Security Council Giora Eiland in a November 21 interview with the Hebrew-language financial publication Globes. Eiland suggested that humanitarian aid should be denied to Gaza so that epidemics would spread and lead Hamas to surrender more quickly.

Add biological warfare to the growing list of crimes against humanity committed by the Zionist entity in just the past couple months.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me blowing up sanitation facilities to create disease outbreaks in the concentration camp I run: "Yeah, hahaha, fuck yes!"

Me reaping:

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

Making my bed dean-smile

Lying in it dean-frown

[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oh no, they could start shooting people trying to leave on sight, even clearly unarmed hostages just trying to escape!

Oh wait...

[-] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago

Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
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