Burn-like rashes and hunger: Gaza’s children face skin disease crisis

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – In a corridor inside Nasser Hospital, Iman Abu Jame sits beside her six-year-old son, Yasser, as she watches his frail body, exhausted by illness, and tries to make sense of what has happened to him.

Yasser’s skin is covered in angry rashes and burn-like wounds that doctors cannot explain. His body is frail from hunger.

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