Hyderabad, Nov. 9 -- Around 80 per cent of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, including women and children, are suffering from scabies, a skin disease that causes severe itching, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said on Sunday, November 8.

The society said the infection was spreading because prisoners lacked enough clothes and faced overcrowded living conditions. It also said they were not getting proper medical treatment.

The findings were based on visits by lawyers to dozens of prisoners in October and early November, as well as accounts from people who had been released. More than 9,300 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons, including around 90 women, according to the society.

Scabies spreads as prisoners face shortages

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