Oxfam: Water delivered in Gaza equivalent to 1.6 litres per person

Oxfam said on Friday that the total amount of bottled water delivered into Gaza so far is equivalent to just 1.6 litres per person. 

The organisation said that the amount of water available to people trapped in Gaza will still be just 17 percent of pre-siege levels. 

In the statement, Oxfam also said that gastroenteritis and dehydration are spreading and the risk of waterborne disease is rife. 

Contaminated water has already caused a range of issues, particularly among children. 

An Oxfam member of staff in Gaza said: “The water is disgusting, most people are having to drink brackish water from wells. There is no electricity, so we have to fill buckets and carry up to the roof tank. Our whole family are sick with diarrhoea.”