According to the report, tests were conducted in collaboration with UNICEF, and the results “expose thousands of residents to the risk of contracting poliomyelitis.”
It threatened to bring up a “new health disaster” if nothing is done.
The majority of cases of polio occur in youngsters, and the disease is typically contracted by contact with excrement—for instance, from improper hand washing practices or tainted food or water.
Transmission is much more likely given the terrible circumstances in Gaza, where thousands of people are crammed into camps and infrastructure has been completely destroyed.
The health ministry demanded in a statement that “the Israeli onslaught be immediately stopped, usable water be provided, sewage lines be repaired, and population.
Rarely, polio can result in life-threatening symptoms such as paralysis and severe, chronic symptoms affecting the brain and nerves.
Medical professionals in Gaza are also concerned that the unhygienic living conditions brought on by the conflict may lead to a cholera outbreak.
Israel has not stopped its campaign to destroy Hamas since the terror attack that claimed almost 1,200 lives in October of last year.
Since then, more than 38,600 Palestinians in Gaza have died, many of them women and children, according to the health ministry.
