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UNICEF: Water system has collapsed, children will die of thirst in Gaza
2025-06-20 15:22:15 / BOTA
Gaza is facing a man-made drought after its water system collapsed, the United Nations Children's Agency, UNICEF, said on June 20.
" Children will start dying of thirst... Only 40 percent of the water production plants are functional ," UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva.
UNICEF also reported a 50 percent increase in children aged six months to five years hospitalized for malnutrition during April-May in Gaza, as well as half a million people suffering from hunger.
The agency said the aid distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) - supported by Israel and the United States - was "making the desperate situation even more dire."
On June 20, at least 25 people waiting for aid trucks were killed by Israeli fire in Netzarim, according to health authorities in the Gaza Strip. The day before, at least 51 people were killed by Israeli strikes, including 12 who were trying to reach a center operated by the GHF in central Gaza.
In the Israeli strikes on Friday, another 12 people were killed during an airstrike that hit a family's home in Deir al-Balah, bringing the death toll that day to 37.
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