More than 150,000 people in Gaza have contracted skin diseases due to squalid conditions caused by fighting between Israel and Hamas since October 7, AFP reports according to the World Health Organisation.

The WHO has reported 96,417 cases of scabies and lice since the start of hostilities in Gaza, 9,274 cases of chickenpox, 60,130 cases of skin rashes and 10,038 impetigo cases.

Scabies and chickenpox are particularly widespread in the coastal Palestinian territory, according to Sami Hamid, a pharmacist who runs a makeshift clinic in the Deir al-Balah camp.

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