GAZA — On Wednesday, UNICEF that children in
the Gaza Strip are receiving only 10 percent of their standard water
consumption, highlighting the dire conditions for recently displaced children
in the southern Gaza Strip, who are receiving a meager 1.5 to 2 liters of water
daily, significantly below recommended survival levels,
UNICEF estimates.
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According to emergency relief standards, the
minimum water quantity needed, including for drinking, washing, and cooking, is
15 liters per person per day. The estimated minimum for survival alone is three
liters per day, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced
individuals, half of whom are children, have arrived in Rafah since early
December and are in urgent need of food, water, shelter, medicine, and
protection. As demand continues to rise, water and sanitation systems in the
city have reached a critical state.
The ongoing hostilities, coupled with
power shortages, fuel scarcity, restricted access, and infrastructure damage, have
left at least 50 percent of water and sanitation facilities damaged or
destroyed, UNICEF stated.
The UN emphasized that the impact on
children is particularly tragic, as they are more vulnerable to dehydration, diarrhea,
diseases, and malnutrition. Therefore, these factors can exacerbate threats to
their survival.
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