Unbearable: Gaza residents describe water, sanitation crisis despite ‘ceasefire’

“It takes us three to four hours to fill two or three gallons of water, meaning 100 liters [26 gallons]. The water shortage is unbearable. We hope that charities or companies will provide water trucks near our tents,” said Mohammad Abu Rabie, displaced Palestinian from Rafah


Children fill buckets with water outside their tent in Gaza City on January 20, 2026. [File: AFP]
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