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oPt: Every drop counts: Gaza's water crisis deepens as summer takes hold [EN/AR]
By International Committee of the Red Cross at ReliefWeb
· June 16, 2026
· 5 min read
. Despite the ceasefire, access to water is not getting easier for many across Gaza. This makes daily life harder for thousands of people forced to live in an increasingly small space, nearly three years since the escalation of armed conflict. Water in Gaza is a scarce and precious resource. Seawate
Key takeaway “Before the war, we did not have this struggle,” says Hanadi Al Aff, a mother of five children who has been displaced and lives opposite a rehabilitated water desalination plant in Gaza City.
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 16, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 5 min
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What is this story about? . Despite the ceasefire, access to water is not getting easier for many across Gaza. This makes daily life harder for thousands of people forced to live in an increasingly small space, nearly three years since the escalation of armed conflict. Water in Gaza is a scarce and precious resource. Seawate
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