In Gaza, they die slowly due to the lack of medicines and treatments. About 1.4 million Palestinians, i.e.
more than half of the population of Gaza, are crowded in Rafah, amid desperate humanitarian and living conditions. The Gaza Strip has been subject to an Israeli siege since 2007, and this siege has become tight since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023. The Ministry of Health in Gaza warned that the crowding of displaced people in the cold “increased the spread of respiratory, skin and other infectious diseases,” including hepatitis A.