“There’s a massive risk of huge epidemics. And we’re already seeing the evidence of that,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told Anadolu in an interview, saying that fighting has to stop.

“We need a cease-fire,” Harris urged.

“The situation is definitely getting worse, you’ve got the combination of every factor that will harm people’s health,” she added, noting that the weather is cold and wet and 90% of the people are vulnerable to it. They also do not know where to get enough food from, she added.

“People, of course, are not getting any sleep. And this, this harms your immune system,” she said and added: “People are terrified. They don’t know what is going to happen.”

She stressed that there is “no safe place” in Gaza and people cannot even get to a hospital when they are injured.

Palestinian Red Crescent Society has not been able to provide an ambulance service in the north, according to the spokeswoman.

“It’s just not possible. So people being injured there are not getting care.”

Israel’s air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas have killed at least 19,667 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 52,586 others, according to health authorities in the enclave.

The war has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory’s housing stock damaged or destroyed, and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of food and clean water.

Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack, while more than 130 hostages remain in captivity.

According to the study’s findings, which included a sample of 1,200 people in Gaza, 98% of the respondents said they eat insufficient amounts of food, while 64% admitted to eating grass, fruits, immature food and expired materials to satiate their hunger.

The study also found that the rate of access to water in Gaza, including drinking, bathing and cleaning water, is down to 1.5 liters per person per day.

“This is 15 liters less than the minimum amount of water required for survival at the level required by international standards,” it stressed, adding that 66% of the respondents reported having experienced diarrhea, skin rashes or intestinal diseases in the past month.

Israel’s air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian group Hamas have killed at least 19,667 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 52,586, according to health authorities in the enclave.

The war has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory’s housing stock damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million residents displaced within the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of food and clean water.

Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack, while more than 130 hostages remain in captivity.

The footage shows Gadi Moses, 79, and Gadi Katzir, 47, speaking in front of a camera, asking the Israeli government to arrange their release.

It is not clear when or where the clips were filmed.

In the video, Moses asks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, war cabinet member Benny Gantz and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi to make every effort to return them to their families.

Katzir makes similar remarks, asking the government to make an exchange deal with Islamic Jihad.

Both men speak about the dangers they are facing.

“We do not want to die in Gaza. Our lives here are extremely dangerous. And we want everything necessary to be done, in order to bring us back home,” Katzir says.

Moses was taken alongside his ex-wife Margalit Moses, who was released during the truce on November 24.

Katzir’s father, Rami, was killed on October 7, and his mother, Hanna, was abducted and then released as part of the truce.

Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released a video on Monday showing three Israeli male hostages in captivity in Gaza.