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Chickenpox infections climb among displaced children in Gaza, UN says

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A mother puts cream on a Palestinian child, suffering from skin and dermatological diseases, is seen as hundreds of people, especially children, are diagnosed with scabies, diarrhea, chickenpox, and various skin conditions every day amidst Israeli attacks on Gaza on August 24, 2024 in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on August 24, 2024. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]

Chickenpox cases among displaced Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip have continued to rise, with about 9,300 cases recorded over the past two weeks, more than half of them in the densely populated city of Khan Younis, the United Nations said, Reuters reported.

A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said overcrowded living conditions, accumulating waste, limited access to clean water and the collapse of sewage infrastructure were driving the spread of infectious diseases in displacement camps.

The worsening conditions have turned chickenpox into a growing public health concern in the enclave, the report added.

The United Nations said acute respiratory and skin diseases remained the most commonly reported health problems in Gaza.

The UN also said waterborne diseases continued to spread, particularly around Khan Younis, and reported more than 18,000 new cases last week of chickenpox, external parasite infestation and bacterial skin infection impetigo.

Gaza’s health care system has been devastated by Israel’s genocidal war, which destroyed hospitals and medical infrastructure while creating severe shortages of medicine, fuel and medical supplies.

Israel has continued to violate the ceasefire agreement, which took effect on 10th October 2025, killing 1,127 Palestinians and injuring 3,643 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry on Thursday.

Since Israel’s genocide began on 8th October 2023, at least 73,250 Palestinians have been killed and 173,751 injured, according to the ministry. It added that about 90 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

READ: Palestinian woman dies after Israeli army delays ambulance for more than 30 minutes in Ramallah

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. Will I be replacing Andy Burnham for Starmer behind this speech bubble?
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Keir Starmer explains that UK is actively supporting Israel’s genocidal expansion and repeats his previous quotation that he supports Zionism “without qualification”. Keir Starmer said “I said it loud and clear – and meant it – that I support Zionism without qualification.” here: https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer-interview-i-will-work-to-eradicate-antisemitism-from-day-one/
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Israel attacks Gaza and the occupied West Bank as Palestinian humanitarian crisis deepens

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https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israel-attacks-gaza-and-occupied-west-bank-palestinian-humanitarian-crisis-deepens

 Israeli soldiers during a raid in the occupied-West Bank town of Nablus, February 11, 2026

ISRAELI forces launched a series of raids across Gaza and the occupied West Bank today as the Palestinian humanitarian crisis deepened.

Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling targeted areas east of the southern city of Khan Younis in Gaza.

The Israeli army also continued raids across Hebron in the West Bank, with a number of Palestinians needing treatment for tear gas suffocation.

Since the so-called ceasefire with Hamas and other resistance fighters came into force in Gaza on October 10 last year, the Israelis have killed at least 586 Palestinians and injured another 1,558.

Israeli forces have violated the ceasefire agreement at least 1,620 times, according to the Gaza Media Office.

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Israel has also continued to block humanitarian aid from reaching Gazans and have created obstacles for Palestinians to get through the Rafah crossing between the enclave and Egypt.

Thousands have been waiting to use the crossing to access desperately needed medical treatment.

Many of those crossing have reported mistreatment by the Israelis as they attempted to cross at Rafah.

The Israelis have also continued to choke off access to aid for the Palestinian population.

The ceasefire agreement said that “full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip.”

Since the ceasefire, only 31,178 aid trucks have been allowed into the enclave, averaging 260 trucks a day, according to the Gaza Media Office.

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See the origginal article at https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israel-attacks-gaza-and-occupied-west-bank-palestinian-humanitarian-crisis-deepens

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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Gaza civil defense continues search for bodies under rubble in Khan Younis

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Civil defense teams continue searching with heavy machinery for the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks and trapped under rubble in the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis, Gaza, on December 20, 2025. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]

Civil defense teams in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis are continuing efforts to recover the bodies of Palestinians trapped beneath rubble following Israeli attacks, as the Gaza Strip remains under blockade, Anadolu reports.

The bodies of those killed in the strikes and left buried under collapsed buildings throughout the war are being searched for by civil defense crews using heavy machinery.

Remains recovered after prolonged periods beneath the rubble, including dismembered body parts and bones, are being collected by the teams for later identification.

Israel has killed nearly 70,700 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 in Gaza since October 2023 and reduced the enclave to rubble.

According to the latest data from Gaza’s Government Media Office, the conflict has resulted in the complete destruction of 268,000 housing units, with 148,000 severely damaged beyond habitability and 153,000 partially damaged.

A ceasefire agreement brokered between Hamas and Israel on October 10 of last year halted large-scale military operations. However, reports indicate that Israel continues demolitions in areas under its control, and the Israeli military has been accused of hundreds of violations of the agreement, including bombardments and killings.

READ: 30 bodies recovered from Palestinian family under destroyed home in Gaza

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Genocide denier and Current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted that he supports Zionism without qualification. He also confirms that UK air force support has been essential in Israel’s mass-murdering genocide. Includes URLs https://www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmers-100-spy-flights-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ and https://youtu.be/O74hZCKKdpA
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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Despite ceasefire and Trump guarantees, Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza

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Relatives mourn near the body of Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Wadi killed by Israeli drone attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza on December 02, 2025. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]

A Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, despite a ceasefire agreement sponsored by US President Donald Trump, Anadolu reports.

Medical sources told Anadolu that photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi lost his life in an Israeli drone strike in central Khan Younis, an area that does not fall under the Israeli-controlled yellow zone.

There was no official statement from Gaza’s Government Media Office on the killing.

According to the latest figures published by the office in late October, Israel had killed 256 journalists in Gaza since Oct. 8, 2023. Wadi’s death brings the toll to 257.

Wadi’s father, Issam, described the Israeli strike as “an earthquake that struck the tent.”

“I never expected to lose Mahmoud, who was not just my son but a friend, as he grew up in a photography studio,” the grieved father told Anadolu.

“Mahmoud was photographing in a safe area (not under Israeli control according to the ceasefire agreement), but the Israelis respect no pledges or promises; their entire life is treachery and deceit,” he said.

READ: French journalist groups file complaint over press freedom restrictions in Palestinian territories

Criminal act

The Palestinian father called his son’s killing “a criminal act carried out by the Israeli occupation.”

“They (Israelis) will continue until destroying the whole world,” he said.

A colleague of the slain journalist, Muhammad Abu Ubaid, a correspondent for Al-Alam TV in Gaza, said Wadi was “known for his humanitarian work and helping people.”

“He may not be known to everyone, but the poor and afflicted know him well, because he devoted his time to assisting them,” he told Anadolu.

“Wadi was a pure-hearted person. I sat with him last night, we talked a lot, and he told me about his plans to raise his young son, who is his whole world.”

“We had an appointment today at Nasser Hospital (in Khan Younis), but I found out he had been martyred,” Abu Ubaid said in tears.

“The world is silent and watching, and the (Israeli) occupation continues to kill us and kill journalists despite the agreement.”

International media institutions have repeatedly called on Israel to stop fatal attacks on Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, but Tel Aviv has ignored these appeals.

Palestinians see the deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip as an attempt to cover up its crimes in the territory.

The ceasefire deal took effect in Gaza on Oct. 10 under Trump’s Gaza plan, halting two years of Israeli attacks that have killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 others since October 2023.

Israel has repeatedly violated the agreement by opening fire on Palestinian civilians in areas it does not control under the deal, while the Palestinian group Hamas has announced its full commitment to the terms of the agreement and urged the US to pressure Israel to comply.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 356 Palestinians have been killed and more than 900 others injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire.

READ: Despite Israeli killings, Gaza’s journalists ‘have no choice but to carry out this mission’: Wael al-Dahdouh

Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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Dozens of tents for displaced Palestinians flooded by heavy rains in southern Gaza

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A view of makeshift tents flooding after heavy rainfall at the Nuseirat Refugee camp as the Palestinian families struggle to live under harsh living conditions while the Israeli attacks continue in Nuseirat, Gaza on November 25, 2025. [Hassan Jedi – Anadolu Agency]

Heavy rains have submerged dozens of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip amid bad weather conditions in the enclave, witnesses said Tuesday.

Several tents were destroyed by rainfall in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, while others were blown away by strong winds in the area, they told Anadolu.

“The situation in the city is extremely catastrophic due to the destruction of most roads, water, and sewage networks by the Israeli war,” Saib Luqan, a spokesman for Khan Younis Municipality, told Anadolu.

According to local authorities, the Israeli army has destroyed 220,000 linear meters of road networks over the past two years.

Nearly 900,000 people in Khan Younis are currently facing “tragic and grim” conditions due to bad weather conditions, Luqan said.

The spokesman added that municipal teams are working with insufficient equipment to help displaced civilians affected by the bad weather.

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, 1.5 million Palestinians are displaced in Gaza, living in catastrophic conditions with little access to basic necessities and severely limited essential services due to Israel’s ongoing blockade.

Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, and injured more than 170,900 people in the two-year war that has left much of the enclave in ruins.

READ: Hamas urges urgent action to clear deadly unexploded remnants in Gaza

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.

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