Deadly Disease Spread in Gaza

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.”

Hospitals are overwhelmed, fuel is gone, and essential treatments like dialysis are nearly

impossible. Patients—young and old—are facing death not just from war, but from a collapsed

healthcare system.

Al Jazeera’s Moath Al kahlout reports.