Article 6WF7K Gaza's water system is on the brink as the human toll grows

Gaza's water system is on the brink as the human toll grows

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editors@theworld.org (Chris Harland-Dunaway)
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Doctors Without Borders reports that of 82,000 primary care visits in Gaza, 1/5 of them are for illnesses caused by a lack of access to clean water. The amount of water available to each Palestinian in Gaza, on average, is also shrinking toward dangerously low levels. Israeli authorities' blockade of fuel and electricity is a major factor, as they assert that some of those resources could be used by Hamas.

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