Fears for displaced Gazans as winter approaches and diseases spread - BBC News

The WHO warns that more people in Gaza could die from disease than from bombings.

17 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage caption, Nariman says she does not have enough money to buy medicine for her daughterBy Wyre DaviesBBC News, JerusalemIn the cramped conditions of a makeshift tent near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Nariman cradles her baby daughter. The 23-day-old girl is younger than the war itself and Nariman's whole family is sick.

"I don't have enough money to buy my daughter medicine even though she needs medical support to help her breathe", says the young mother, wrapped up against the cold of the encroaching winter. "My husband is seriously ill and my young son also needed hospital treatment yesterday."

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said that Gaza is in the midst of an "epic humanitarian catastrophe", and that "the world must not look away".

Even if the current pause in hostilities is extended by a few days, Israel has made it clear the military offensive will soon resume, targeting what remains of Hamas' capabilities across Gaza.

That, say aid agencies, will exacerbate what is already a dire humanitarian situation, particularly around Khan Younis where thousands of people have sought refuge from the fighting in the north.

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