"There isn't one person in Gaza who's not preoccupied with all the problems created by the lack of water." Read some of their stories here:
Water in Gaza: Scarce, polluted and mostly unfit for use
“If I had to choose, I’d rather make do without electricity and have water all the time. Water is life and without water in my home, I feel hopeless and exhausted.”
HALA AL-KAHLUT. PHOTO BY OLFAT AL-KURD, B'TSELEM, 16 JUNE 2020.
TAPS AND SINKS ACCUMULATE RUST. PHOTO BY KHALED AL-‘AZAYZEH, B'TSELEM, 12 JULY 2020
The endless preoccupation with buying water, transporting it, storing it, and pumping it into containers is slowly wearing residents down. They know that even when the flurry of exhausting activity is over, their children will not enjoy sweet, tasty, healthy water. Instead, they will drink salty, polluted water that is bad for their health and eats away at their hair and clothes. Buthaynah Abu Ghaben (44): "The salty water causes a lot of problems. It’s bad for your hair and fingernails, makes your skin dry, damages the teeth and ears, and makes your eyes and whole body itch terribly after the shower. I feel like it’s almost sewage, not even fit for animals to drink". Photo: Khaled al-‘Azayzeh, B’Tselem