Thirsty families in Gaza eke out trickle of water

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Securing water has become a huge challenge for Palestinian families in the territory, home to 2.3mn people, where the temperature on Sunday was 31 degrees. People are being forced to drink dirty water, according to UN agencies, which have reported cases of diseases spread by contaminated water being drunk and poor sanitary conditions.

Israel has linked the siege to the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas into Gaza, two of whom were freed this week. “No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli hostages are returned home,” Israel’s energy minister Israel Katz said on social media on October 12.

the lopsidedness of the Israel-Palestine conflict in a nutshell - Hamas holds 200 people hostage, so Israel holds 2.3 million people hostage in response.

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing around 525,000 children every year.

dehydration kills. Israel's actions here will kill Palestinian children.