As fuel dwindles in Gaza, getting access to clean drinking water is becomong more and more difficult for its 2.3 million residents.
In the next 24 hours, difficult decisions will be made on how the small amount of fuel left in Gaza will be used, with the United Nations warning that without a solution to the fuel crisis, their aid operation will come to a stop.
While welcoming Israel permitting deliveries of aid in Gaza through Egypt in recent days, Lynn Hastings, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said"these deliveries are a drop in the bucket compared to the vast scale of needs." People are currently living off just three litres of water a day for drinking, cooking, and washing, according to the UN, which falls far below the 50-100 litre minimum recommended by the World Health Organisation to meet basic needs.
" is essential for powering the services that are needed for people to survive," Ms Hastings told the Security Council. This over-pumping has led to the water supply becoming contaminated with salt water. As well as that, it has become polluted with untreated sewage.
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