The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted the head of the Israeli Federation of Infectious Diseases Physicians, Professor Galia Rahav, as saying: “We received data from all Israeli hospitals that provided treatment for soldiers who were injured during the fighting in Gaza.
She indicated that the Israeli soldiers carry different types of stubborn bacteria and fungal contaminants, which are antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Rahav added that these types of bacteria were mainly among the soldiers who had injured their limbs.
She continued to say that doctors noticed these bacteria among soldiers who recently returned from the battlefront as contact with the ground and mud there leads to exposure to many types of bacteria, as well as cases of mold."
Rahav stated that this phenomenon is similar to that which afflicted American soldiers during the Gulf War after they returned with many types of stubborn fungal contaminants, while this is the first time that Israeli doctors have witnessed such cases among soldiers.
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