The United Nations Development Programme has concluded the waste management system in Gaza is no longer functioning, Al Jazeera reports.
In its latest report, it said there is no access to major landfills and waste is accumulating “at more than 140 temporary dumping sites which causes serious health and environmental risks, including a spike in diarrheal illness and in acute respiratory infections”.
Since October 7, it noted there have been the following recorded cases, noting the statistics are “likely far higher”:
