Terrible thirst has hit Gaza just within the period of a hunger crisis leading to declining access of water in the refugee camp.
Reports indicate that sources of water have been marred by broken pipelines and contaminated aquifers – leaving Palestinian refugees to walk far distances for drinking and washing water.
Even as global attention has turned to starvation in Gaza, where after 22 months of a devastating Israeli military campaign a global hunger monitor says a famine scenario is unfolding, the water crisis is just as severe according to aid groups.
COGAT, the Israeli military agency responsible for coordinating aid in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, says it operates two water pipelines into the Gaza Strip providing millions of litres of water a day.
Palestinian water officials say these have not been working recently.
