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Story summary
- Gaza’s clean-water supply falls far below the UN’s minimum per-person standard, creating a health emergency.
- Israeli forces killed a water engineer and two UNICEF drivers delivering water to displaced families in mid-April, while damage to wells and desalination plants forces engineers to cobble units from destroyed parts.
- Médecins Sans Frontières reports rising infections, wound infestations and mental-health distress as soap prices have doubled, leaving families unable to buy hygiene.
