Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Data published by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection showed that every heat wave in Israel leads to an increase of 45 deaths each time.

According to these data, the majority of deaths are of Israelis over seventy years old. According to what was stated in the Arabic-speaking Israeli Public Broadcasting Authority.

Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamara Zandberg said the climate crisis poses an imminent threat to health.

She added: All ministries and local authorities must unite to take the necessary measures to deal with heat waves in an effort to reduce the death rate and reduce medical expenses and suffering.

The term excess mortality refers to the number of people who died more than would normally be expected based on the death rate in a particular area.