Gaza’s displaced children face growing threat of hepatitis outbreak

Mohammed Qeshta is extremely worried about his 7-year-old son Ahmed after he was diagnosed with Hepatitis A, due to the ongoing genocide war in Gaza.

With eyes full of frustration, the father expresses his deep discontent at the deteriorating health conditions in the Gaza Strip, and his inability to provide proper care for his sick child.

Mohammed and his family were displaced from the city of Rafah last May after the occupation army invaded the city, to the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis, which is overcrowded with tens of thousands of displaced people in severely poor environmental conditions.

Mohammed, while looking at his son on the hospital bed in Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, says that the Israeli occupation army “is not only killing us with rockets and bullets, but also with disease, and by preventing us from accessing water and cleaning supplies.”

Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by a virus, resulting from consuming contaminated food or drink, or close contact with an infected person.