Khan Younis, July 4 (RHC)-- Palestinian health officials are warning of the spread of disease after Israel’s assault on Khan Younis destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, flooding entire neighborhoods with sewage and dirty water. 

Resident Mohammed al-Bayouk said the disaster is threatening the health of his children.  “When the Israeli army entered Khan Younis, they caused a lot of damage, and sewage flooded into homes. What you see here is nothing.  The greater suffering is what our children endure at home in the stench of the sewage. … The smell has caused many diseases for our children and little ones.  We cough.  We suffer from the bad smell.  Everything.  Our children suffer from itching, bed bugs and other strange things.  We can’t sleep at night because of the mosquitoes.”