Unrwa warns nearly 100,000 tonnes of rotting waste piling up near displacement camps

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has warned that nearly 100,000 tonnes of rotting waste is piling up near displacement camps in central Gaza, risking the further spread of disease.

“It’s among the population and it’s building up without anywhere to go. It just keeps getting worse," said Unrwa aid worker Louise Wateridge, speaking to journalists via videolink.

"And with the temperatures rising, it’s really adding misery to the living conditions here."

She added that humanitarian missions such as waste collection had effectively halted due to Israeli refusals to allow fuel imports.