Infectious diseases spreading due to lack of clean water, food: Gaza doctor

Dr Khaleel al-Deqran, spokesperson of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, joins Al Jazeera’s live and talks about the worsening starvation crisis in the Strip.

Al-Deqran told Al Jazeera that infectious diseases, such as meningitis, are spreading due to a lack of clean water, food and medicine.

“Survivors [of Israeli attacks] are living within the ruins of their destroyed homes amid unhealthy conditions and a total absence of hygiene. As a result, their immune systems have been deeply impacted,” he said.

“It is really dire, it is catastrophic,” al-Deqran said of the overall situation.
“The whole world must act now to salvage what is left of the Gaza Strip.”

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Post from Al Jazeera on July 18, 2025

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