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Water shortages grip Gaza amid aid funding shortfalls
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|June 26, 2026
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that aid funding shortfalls for Gaza trigger cutbacks in services, forcing four of its humanitarian partners to begin phasing out water trucking in Gaza, which is expected to leave more than 330,000 people across 250 sites at risk of losing their primary source of drinking water.
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The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that water shortages force fami lies to choose between dr
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