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Al Jazeera
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Maram Humaid

Bathing once every 10 days: The reality of northern Gaza’s water crisis

The Abu Haloub family has to painstakingly haul jugs and buckets of water for everything from cooking to bathing and cleaning [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Beit Lahiya, Gaza, Palestine – Amid towering piles of rubble and destruction, mother of five Faten Abu Haloub, her family and her in-laws have set up adjacent tents on the ruins of what used to be their extended family home.

Her husband Karam’s parents – 60-year-old Dalal and 65-year-old Nasser – have eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom two still live at home.

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