US EditionRats, fleas plague Gaza’s displaced as temperatures rise
Aid agencies say 1.7 million people remain in Gaza displacement camps as pests, sewage and scarce sanitation drive a growing public health threat.
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According to the United Nations, 1.7 million people in the Palestinian territory still live in camps.
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In the promiscuity of the camps for displaced people in Gaza, where thousands of people are fed without enough water or sanitation, rats, fleas and other parasites proliferate, aggravating the misery of a population suffering from more than two years of war.
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Rats, fleas and other vermin are spreading in camps housing displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip due to squalid conditions, without adequate water or sanitation, adding to the misery of a population already suffering from more than two years of war, AFP reports. Palestinians forced to live in makeshift shelters are reporting an invasion of vermin that aid groups say is a growing public health threat as temperatures rise. “I have suffered a l…
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