Gaza’s broken water system crippling children with sickness

Tala too is severely dehydrated and malnourished.

By her bedside her father Ibrahim Muhmmad al-Jalat holds her hand, careful not to disturb the intravenous drip feeding into her wrist.

He knows that the scorching weather, with temperatures close to 40 degrees, and a lack of clean water have brought his daughter close to death.

“The situation is getting worse,” he says.

“The temperature in our tent is unimaginable, and the water we drink is definitely contaminated, because both young and old are getting sick.”

And with their houses destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Gazans are now displaced, living under canvas in makeshift camps, with little protection from the scorching sun.