RAMALLAH - The Palestine Cabinet warned of the onset of the outbreak of serious diseases among displaced people in the Gaza Strip, driven by the severe deterioration of health and environmental conditions, Palestine News and Info Agency (Wafa) reported.
This includes the catastrophic impact of water contamination and the destruction of sewage systems, which have contributed to a sharp increase in rodents and insects, including mosquitoes.
This situation is due to the Israeli occupation’s continued blockade on the entry of sanitation and hygiene supplies, medical materials, and essential equipment need to manage and treat accumulated waste and wastewater in displacement centres and makeshift shelters.
The Cabinet further called on the World Health Organisation and all relevant international bodies to shoulder their responsibilities and take urgent action immediately to provide necessary medical and preventive supplies, in order to contain the spread of diseases, protect public health, and prevent further outbreaks.
In the same context, the Cabinet denounced the Israeli government’s decision to construct new colonial roads in the occupied West Bank, at the expense of Palestinian land, considering this a blatant violation of international legitimacy and a reinforcement of settlement expansion policies, in addition to being direct support for settler terrorism.
It noted that more than 1,600 attacks were documented in April alone, carried out by settlers and occupation forces, including physical assaults, destruction of agricultural land, setting crops on fire, blocking access to land, seizure of property, and demolition of homes and facilities - representing a systematic escalation aimed at undermining Palestinian life. - BERNAMA-WAFA