Gaza is becoming increasingly uninhabitable as Israel's ongoing attacks, restrictions and mass displacement push living conditions towards total collapse, UNRWA's Director of Health, Akihiro Seita, warned on Monday.

Despite the October 2025 ceasefire, around two million Palestinians remain crowded into just 30% of the Gaza Strip, with most forced to live in tents amid severe shortages of clean water, sanitation and medical supplies.

Seita warned that overcrowding and the collapse of healthcare services have fuelled outbreaks of skin diseases and other infectious illnesses. “Gaza is becoming more and more a place where it is impossible for humans to live,” he said, stressing that the population's living environment has collapsed.