At least 75 percent of households in Gaza do not have enough drinking water

UNICEF’s deputy executive director said at least 75 percent of households in Gaza report that they do not have enough water to drink, at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday.

Ted Chaiban said the lack of access of water was caused by 70 percent of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure sustaining damage or being destroyed since Israel’s war began.

He added that “repeated blockades” have prevented the entry of fuel and critical components needed to run water facilities in Gaza.

“Currently, the desalination plant in southern Gaza is working at reduced capacity on backup generators,” he said.

“We urgently need the power supply to the desalination plant to be switched back on to provide at least 600,000 internally displaced Gazans in the south of the Strip with access to safe water.”