Test kits have detected 24 cases of Hepatitis A among Gaza’s population, says the WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus who added that he was also aware of several thousand cases of jaundice in the besieged enclave.

Hepatitis A, an inflammation of the liver, can occasionally cause severe disease.

“The inhumane living conditions – barely any clean water, clean toilets and possibility to keep the surroundings clean – will enable Hepatitis A to spread further and highlight how explosively dangerous the environment is for the spread of disease,” he said in a post on X.