UNRWA warns of outbreak of hepatitis in Gaza

GAZA, Dec. 02 (YPA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warns on Saturday of an hepatitis outbreak in Gaza Strip.

UNRWA’s Director in Gaza, Thomas White, revealed that one of the UN agency’s schools in the Palestinian Strip is witnessing the outbreak of hepatitis A.

“The risk of infectious diseases already exists in Gaza, because UNRWA schools, which can accommodate 1,500 people, currently have more than 6,000 people in the south of the Strip, ” White said in an interview with the BBC in a post on “X” added.

On the other hand, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported since the Israeli enemy resumed its aggression on Gaza, 184 Palestinians have been killed, including women and children, in Israeli attacks in the Strip, as well as at least 589 others have been injured.

Meanwhile, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called for the immediate resumption of basic aid supplies to Gaza, provided that they are restored to levels no lower than during the last truce.

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