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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem

‘People will die in the streets’: Gaza dreads onset of winter as disease rises

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli ground offensive at a tent camp.
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli ground offensive at a tent camp. Photograph: Fatima Shbair/AP

Winter is fast coming to Gaza. Rain storms and powerful winds have already swept through the coastal strip, scattering tents and soaking those with little shelter in a crisis in which about 1.8 million Palestinians have been displaced by Israel’s offensive.

And with the advent of winter, an already catastrophic situation in which almost all of Gaza’s healthcare has collapsed is quickly worsening.

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