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
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