Diseases spread in Gaza amid water and sewage crisis, cholera feared

UNRWA estimates that about 70 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people – more than half of whom are children – no longer have access to clean water [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Khan Younis, Gaza – Sewage flows in the streets of Gaza as all key sanitation services have ceased operating, raising the alarming prospect of an enormous surge of gastrointestinal and infectious diseases among the local populations – including cholera.

For Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, finding drinkable water has become close to impossible.