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Posted on 05/02/2026 2:56:29 AM PDT by dennisw
Rat bites newborn baby's face as Gaza infested by rodents "We woke up to the sound of her screaming at 2am," Samah al-Daabla, the mother of four-year-old Mayaseen, tells the BBC.
"When my husband turned on the torch, the weasel ran away. I looked at my daughter's hand, and it was all blood. Everything was bloody."
In the Gaza Strip, left devastated by war, the daily battles are now with rats, urban weasels and other pests spreading diseases.
Aid workers are calling for urgent steps to counter a public health crisis.
Cogat, the Israeli defence body that controls Gaza's crossings, says it is working with international organisations "to address sanitation needs".
Mayaseen was given a tetanus injection in a Gaza City hospital but suffered from days of fever and vomiting. She is now recovering in her family's tent.
Social media feeds have recently shown footage of rats running amok in camps for displaced families, and of newborn babies, the sick and elderly after rodents have attacked them.
In a recent survey, cited by UN agencies, rodents or pests were frequently visible in 80% of sites where displaced families are now living, affecting some 1.45 million people.
Rodents can harm people through bites and scratches as well as their urine, droppings and fleas. These can cause respiratory and skin diseases, blood infections and food poisoning.
The local World Health Organization (WHO) representative, Dr Reinhilde Van De Weert, says the new infestations are "unfortunately, the predictable consequence of a collapsed living environment".
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Weasels??? .... I have never heard of them invading urban environments. Anyways, pop goes the Gazan.
Your blood-drenched attempt at humor is disgusting.
Well gosh, maybe they should not have supported murdering, kidnapping and raping Israeli civilians. It turns out there were consequences for that.
For anyone that doesn’t know what propaganda is.....this is it.
And thanks to the despicable bbc for delivering. SMH
Only solution? Don’t sleep
Yes, but Gaza is beautiful this time of year!
I don’t even believe it.
A little research shows the author of this “piece” isn’t exactly a supporter of Isreal.
Think christiane amanpour.....and you’re there.
This is so-called “rodent libel”.
It’s a thing.
But the Beeb, interestingly, didn’t go all the way and accuse the Israeli of planting the rats.
Gaza had been a dump, literally, for decades. Case on point from 2013, apologies for the source...
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-siege-tips-gaza-waste-management-crisis-point/12328
Uncollected garbage attracts rats.
The people running Gaza have always been okay with that.
Dear Gazans,
Remember your joy and glee on October 7, 2023? You are now in the FA phase of your adventure. Think what Berlin must have felt like in 1946.
Good luck,
Karma
“...they should not have supported murdering, kidnapping and raping Israeli civilians...”
Good observation. And maybe you should have added and did something about it to stop it besides spectating and being chased out of your homes.
wy69
You should be tuning into the Tucker Qatarlson-Weasel-Twelver network. They have better Gaza jokes there.
Learning how to vote, the hard way
What can we do? Billions in aid, and it all gets diverted to Hamas for tunnels and missiles.
Not the least bit concerned...they get what they deserve.
If there are weasels, there wouldn’t be rats. Weasels kill everything they can catch.
The Nazis often portrayed Jews as rats and weasels in their propaganda. This is clearly a reference to that.
Rats don’t know the difference between people who are ‘displaced’ and people who aren’t. What rats understand is this: “Is food being handled in such a way there’s scraps or no scraps left for rats’. If there’s “no scraps” there’s no rats.
And whitey’s on the moon.
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