Palestinians in Gaza face life-threatening skin and respiratory diseases as rubbish piles up – Middle East Monitor

Displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, are suffering from extremely dire health conditions due to piles of domestic waste and rubbish, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

Um Yasser Dawoud, who lives in one of the tents there, is an asthma patient. Her health has worsened due to the stench of waste and sewage that blows in with every gust of air. “This place has become a source of diseases,” she…