Gazans wait for hours under sun to fill bottles with drinking water, UNRWA says

NEW YORK: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that "Every morning, people in the Gaza Strip queue for hours under the burning sun to fill bottles and jerrycans with drinking water." UNRWA added in a post on X that 'then many of them have to walk long distances carrying heavy weights in the summer heat. ' The UN agency stressed that "this exhausting routine is repeated over and over again in Gaza." Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA