The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said, on Monday, that there are 50,000 pregnant women and more than 900,000 children who lack the necessary health care in shelter centers in the Strip.

Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra explained, in a press conference, that “the health and humanitarian conditions for more than 1.9 million displaced people are catastrophic and overwhelming.”

He pointed out that the displaced people in the Gaza Strip "are exposed to the risks of famine and the spread of epidemics and infectious diseases as a result of the lack of appropriate shelter, water, food and medicine in the places to which they have been displaced."

The Ministry's spokesman stated that "50,000 pregnant women suffer from malnutrition and health complications, especially those with high-risk pregnancies, as a result of the lack of drinking water, hygiene, food, and health care in shelter centers."

“More than 900,000 children in shelter centers are exposed to the dangers of extreme cold, dehydration, malnutrition, infectious respiratory and skin diseases, and psychological disorders,” according to a ministry spokesman.

Al-Qudra called on UN institutions to conduct "urgent interventions to save the lives of children, pregnant women, and the sick, and prevent a health, humanitarian, and psychological catastrophe in shelter centers."