In addition to the hunger crisis, Gaza is also in the grips of a severe water shortage. As the Israeli bombardment has destroyed most of Gaza’s water supply and sanitation infrastructure, some small desalination units run by aid agencies are the only source of potable water, with most of the water used in Gaza drawn from wells in a brackish aquifer that has been further polluted by sewage and chemicals seeping through the rubble, spreading diarrhoea and hepatitis.
