Drinking

Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems in Gaza

Guns swinging from their hips, two soldiers in black combat boots and green tactical clothing appear to wire explosives to pumps at the Canada Water reservoir in Rafah, southern Gaza. Moments later, an orange blaze tears through the critical facility in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, as ribbons of grey smoke erupt into the sky. The blast …

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Egypt Independent August 23, 2024

‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza

CNN — Hanadi Gamal Saed El-Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the mud-caked streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She tries to feed her kids at least once a day, she says, while …

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Egypt Independent January 31, 2024