Waterborne diseases up nearly 150% in Gaza amid Israeli blockade  – Middle East Monitor

The UK-based charity warned about the crippling health care situation Thursday posed by the deliberate blockade of aid by Israel, with waterborne diseases increasing nearly 150 per cent inside the Gaza Strip.

Oxfam said the Palestinian enclave has become a “petri dish of disease” due to the blockade of aid, while millions of dollars of humanitarian aid pile up in warehouses across the region.

“Water-borne diseases that are both preventable and readily…