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children face skin disease crisis **Khan 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
disease-carrying rodents, causing an increase in skin infections. An estimated 700 Palestinians have managed to flee Gaza for the UK. “Palestinians who came over during this period have had to find specialist nutritional support
cause respiratory and skin diseases, blood infections and food poisoning. The local World Health Organization (WHO) representative, Dr Reinhilde Van De Weert, says the new infestations are "unfortunately, the predictable consequence of a collapsed living
disease. Israeli limits on the shipment of soap, washing powder and other hygiene products into [Gaza](https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza) have also forced prices up, adding to the challenge of keeping clean and avoiding infection