Palestine, Oct. 23 -- Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this month, more than a million Palestinians are still being forced to survive on a tiny patch of land in southern Gaza, where living conditions are dire and dangerous to their health.

Along with the massive destruction of civilian infrastructure and the health system by Israeli forces, this displacement has created a perfect storm for the spread of disease and illness. Israeli authorities must immediately allow a massive scale-up of humanitarian assistance to flow freely into Gaza.

According to 2025 medical data collected by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams, diseases directly linked to poor living conditions-such as skin, eye, respiratory, and gas...