Lack of clean drinking water for 95% of people in Gaza threatens health crisis

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Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration

A queue for water in Rafah. People are waiting for hours to get water in Gaza after Israel cut supplies but often it is polluted or brackish.A queue for water in Rafah. People are waiting for hours to get water in Gaza after Israel cut supplies but often it is polluted or brackish., after warnings from Israel to leave their homes, are standing in line for hours to get contaminated water they believe is making them ill.

Eman Basher, a teacher, wrote on X that her children had been unwell since leaving their home in Gaza City. Water from wells is being accessed to try to ease some of the burden, but it has a relatively high salt content.

 

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