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UN reports uptick in preventable diseases in Gaza due to Israeli blockade

A premature baby lies in an incubator at Al Helou Hospital, where doctors say a shortage of specialised formula milk is threatening the lives of newborns, in Gaza City, June 25 [Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters]

The United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) has warned that preventable diseases in Gaza are on the rise and killing civilians due to the lack of desperately needed medicine and clean water.

OCHA in a statement on Thursday said that in the past two weeks, “more than 19,000 cases of acute watery diarrhoea have been recorded, alongside over 200 cases each of acute jaundice syndrome and bloody diarrhoea “.

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