Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh says the situation in the Strip is “getting worse day by day”.

He told Al Jazeera they had 95 patients with “acute flaccid paralysis”, a sudden weakness in the limbs, which was mainly affecting children.

“The sector has become a fertile area for the spread of diseases. We have 45 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (a rare illness that targets the nerves). There are many cases of poisoning in the sector due to water and food contamination,” al-Bursh said.

“The occupation destroyed most of the laboratories in the Gaza Strip. The occupation is killing the people of the Gaza Strip with bombing, starvation and all means.

“Airdropping food is humiliating and people have died because of it,” he added.