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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza remains dire", with people returning to primitive methods for food preparation and general hygiene". It also said the situation had been exacerbated by the continuous Israeli blockade hindering aid delivery".

In a post on X, the PRCS quoted Mohammed Abu Msbeh, its director of ambulances and emergency centres in the Gaza Strip, as saying:

People have returned to primitive methods for food preparation and general hygiene, to make bread.

The daily struggle for water is a daily torment for Gaza residents to secure life-sustaining droplets, who stand in large crowds for hours with containers.