Burn-like rashes and hunger: Gaza’s children face skin disease crisis
Key takeaways
- Overcrowded camps in Gaza see a surge in skin diseases.
- Yasser’s skin is covered in angry rashes and burn-like wounds that doctors cannot explain.
- For the 32-year-old Iman, Yasser’s illness cannot be separated from the suffering caused by more than two and a half years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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Overcrowded camps in Gaza see a surge in skin diseases. Children are most affected as healthcare services collapse.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Six-year-old Yasser Arafat in a hospital bed in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza [Amr Tabash/Al Jazeera]By Mariem Bah and Maram Humaid Published On 23 May 202623 May 2026Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – In a corridor inside Nasser Hospital, Iman Abu Jame sits beside her six-year-old son, Yasser, as she watches his frail body, exhausted by illness, and tries to make sense of what has happened to him.
Yasser’s skin is covered in angry rashes and burn-like wounds that doctors cannot explain. His body is frail from hunger.