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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa,Toqa Ezzidin and Sam Metz

In Gaza, a desperate rush for water trucks persists more than 6 months after the ceasefire

Israel Palestinians - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

When water trucks motor into their neighborhood, the Abu Daqqa family scrambles to hose what they can into dented plastic jerry cans marked with their name.

Yehia Abu Daqqa rations it — one can per each of her children — pouring a little into a sippy cup for one of her daughters outside their tent in Muwasi, the sprawling tent camp where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians now live.

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