The Epidemiological War on Gaza: Disease is poised to become an even deadlier second front in Israel’s assault on the besieged Strip.

Crowds of displaced Palestinians at a UNRWA-affiliated school in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on December 19th, 2023.
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On November 28th, Margaret Harris, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), warned that the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza was likely to become even worse. “Everybody everywhere [in Gaza] has dire health needs now because they’re starving, because they lack clean water, and [they’re] crowded together,” she said at a UN briefing in Geneva, before concluding with an ominous pronouncement: “Eventually, we will see more people dying from disease than we are even seeing from the bombardment.” Here

United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network Rebrands as UCC Movement for Palestinian Solidarity
United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network Rebrands as UCC Movement for Palestinian Solidarity