Palestinians survey the rubble of a collapsed building following an Israeli strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Photo by Mahmud Hams/ AFP
The United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians has said water has now become a “matter of life and death” for people in the Gaza Strip after Israel cut their water supplies.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Saturday that more than two million people are now at risk as water runs out.
“It has become a matter of life and death. It is a must: fuel needs to be delivered now into Gaza to make water available for two million people,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
No humanitarian supplies have been allowed into Gaza for a week now, according to the agency.
