UN: waterborne illnesses spreading in Gaza due to heat and unsafe water

The lack of clean water combined with rising temperatures is increasing the spread of waterborne diseases in the Gaza Strip, the UN has warned.

"It is becoming very hot there," Jamie McGoldrick, United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Gaza, told reporters via video link from Jerusalem.

"People are getting much less water than they need, and as a result, there have been waterborne diseases due to lack of safe and clean water and the disruption of the sanitation systems."

"We have to find a way in the months ahead of how we can have a better supply of water into the areas where people are currently crowded at the moment."