‘They were screaming of thirst’ — the water crisis in Gaza

The World

Access to clean water in Gaza has always been challenging but the war has made it even worse. Israel has reportedly cut off the water that it supplied to Gaza via pipeline and has also severely limited the fuel that’s needed to run desalination plants. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports that that has left some 2 million people in the Gaza Strip with little to no water.

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