Local authorities in Gaza have identified a “new strain” of respiratory virus in Gaza amid worsening conditions of famine and severe malnutrition, which threaten to cause even routine infections to turn deadly.

Illnesses that were manageable before the war are turning deadly amid “catastrophic levels” of food insecurity in Gaza, and 19 months of genocide have now led to the spread of new diseases, reaching record numbers.

Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of garbage and human waste, and the spread of infectious disease.