00:00welcome back to from the south the international humanitarian aid organization Oxfam has reported
00:16a sharp and alarming increase in waterborne diseases throughout the Gaza Strip the organization
00:22attributes the surge in diseases to the ongoing Israeli blockade which has severely restricted
00:27the flow of humanitarian aid into the territory in this context in the last three months infections
00:34from acute jaundice watery diarrhea and bloody diarrhea have increased by one hundred and one
00:40percent one hundred and fifty percent and three hundred and two percent respectively this rise
00:46comes amid the widespread famine lack of drinking water displacement and health system on the brink
00:53of collapse Oxfam said the reported data may not fully reflect the magnitude of the crisis given
00:59that most of Gaza's nearly two million inhabitants do not have access to functioning health services
01:05and many cases go unreported and untreated
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