The vast majority of people in Gaza are without access to safe drinking water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned, as conditions deteriorate in the territory.
UNICEF reports that only one in ten residents currently has access to clean water, following Israel’s decision on Sunday to cut power supplies. The move has disrupted essential desalination plants, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis.
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Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF official in Gaza, said 600,000 people who briefly regained access to drinking water in November have now been cut off again. She stressed the urgency of restoring water supplies, describing them as essential for thousands of families.
UN agencies estimate that 1.8 million people, more than half of them children, are in urgent need of water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, told reporters in Geneva that conditions in Gaza now resemble those seen in the early days of Israel’s military campaign in October 2023.
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