UNICEF delivers over 44,000 bottles of drinking water to Gaza through Rafah crossing

This is enough for 22 thousand people for one day

UNITED NATIONS, October 21. /TASS/. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered more than 44,000 bottles of drinking water through the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt, according to the UNICEF statement published on its website.

"Over 44,000 bottles of drinking water supplied by UNICEF - just enough for 22,000 people for 1 day - were driven through the Rafah Crossing today," the statement said, pointing out that "the nearly 2.3 million residents in Gaza are now surviving on 3 liters of water per person per day."

"With one million children in Gaza now facing a critical protection and humanitarian crisis, the delivery of water is a matter of life or death. Every minute counts," the statement reads citing UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. "Unless we can provide humanitarian supplies consistently, we face the real threat of life-threatening disease outbreaks."

Earlier, UNICEF informed that hundreds of children have been killed and more than 300,000 children have been forced to flee their homes since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated again on October 7.

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https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/children-gaza-desperate-need-lifesaving-support

Updated 22 October 2023

Hundreds of thousands of children and families are caught in a catastrophic situation.

Two weeks into the war, more than a thousand children have reportedly been killed and thousands more injured. Children and families in Gaza have been cut off from water, food, medicine, and other essentials, including safe access to hospitals, following escalating hostilities. UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and for unrestricted humanitarian access to allow aid to reach children and families in need, save lives and prevent further suffering.

Time is running out. Children are dying at an alarming rate and being denied their basic rights.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/joint-statement-undp-unfpa-unicef-wfp-and-who-humanitarian-supplies-crossing-gaza-0

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/first-deliveries-life-saving-supplies-children-enter-gaza