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Israeli Authorities’ Cutting of Water Leading to Public Health Crisis in Gaza, Human Rights Watch says (www.hrw.org)

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The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said: “Every little girl and boy I met in an UNRWA shelter [in Gaza] asked me for bread and water.”

Since the start of the blockade, water shortages and contamination have severely impeded health care access, made people sick, and have already led to the outbreak of diseases, creating a public health crisis.

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