Liver infection hepatitis spreading in Gaza, health ministry says

The liver infection hepatitis A is spreading in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian health ministry has said. 

The overcrowding in temporary shelters and lack of sanitary conditions are driving the spread of the vaccine-preventable disease, it added. 

According to the World Health Organization, hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver that can be transmitted through "ingestion of contaminated food and water or through direct contact with an infectious person".