The Gaza Strip grapples with a major garbage, health crisis

Mounting waste and collapsing sanitation systems in Gaza create a breeding ground for disease, overwhelming displaced populations and aid efforts. | Contesto: cronaca

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• The Gaza Strip grapples with a major garbage, health crisis

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Thousands of displaced families in this central Gaza city are now living in the shadow of vast, accumulating piles of uncollected garbage, a direct result of the near-total collapse of municipal waste services. With formal infrastructure destroyed, local authorities have been forced to establish makeshift, unregulated dumpsites in residential areas, creating an immediate environmental and public health emergency. The crisis, unfolding daily across the Gaza Strip, sees basic sanitation systems failing and pest populations exploding, raising alarms among health officials and humanitarian agencies about the imminent threat of widespread disease outbreaks. The scale of the problem is monumental. The constant movement of displaced populations, coupled with the severe damage to roads, vehicles, and landfill facilities from ongoing hostilities, has crippled the ability to manage solid waste. In Deir al-Balah, as in other urban centers, temporary collection points have transformed into permanent mountains of refuse. These sites are not engineered for containment, allowing toxins to leach into the soil and contaminants to blow through adjacent tent camps and crowded shelters. The stench is pervasive, a constant reminder of the deteriorating living conditions for a population already enduring severe shortages of food, water, and medical care. Health workers on the ground report a sharp increase in complaints directly linked to the sanitation crisis. Cases of severe skin rashes, respiratory infections from inhaling foul air, and acute gastrointestinal illnesses, particularly among children, are becoming commonplace. The rotting organic waste and standing water from damaged pipes provide ideal breeding grounds for flies, mosquitoes, and rodents, vectors for diseases like cholera, typhoid, and viral fevers. "We are seeing the preconditions for a major epidemic," said one aid worker with an international medical NGO, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to security protocols. "The sanitation system was fragile before; now it is practically non-existent in many areas." Limited humanitarian convoys have brought in some supplies, including water...

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