RAMALLAH: Clean water is scarce amid a spread of solid waste across the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned Sunday. 'Shelters are severely overcrowded,' UNRWA said in a statement. 'Clean water is scarce. Solid waste is accumulating. Spread of diseases is on the rise,' it added. The UN refugee agency said that sanitary conditions are unsustainable in the Palestinian enclave. 'The situation is catastrophic,' it warned. 'UNRWA teams continue working to provide critical aid.' Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA
Related Articles
Human rights defender Ayman Lubbad speaks of his detention by Israeli occupying forces in Gaza
RAMALLAH: The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) have been carrying out mass arrests of Palestinians since the start of their ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, said The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al Mezan, and Al-Haq in a statement.
A military…
Children’s lives are threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip – Global Nutrition Cluster
NEW YORK: A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza Strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new analysis released by the Global Nutrition Cluster.
It said that food an…
Basra Criminal Court Issues A Death Sentence For A Terrorist Killed Two Brothers Who Were Members Of The PMF
Baghdad – The Basra Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a terrorist who killed two brothers who were members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Hawija district of Kirkuk Governorate.The Supreme Judicial Council stated in a statement: “Th…