Displaced Palestinians have only about 1.5 litres of water per day to drink, cook and wash with, reports Al Jazeera,
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also reports a significant increase in chronic diarrhoea among children. Parents of babies face a particularly difficult challenge because of the high cost or lack of diapers, baby formula and milk.
Zainab al-Zein, who is sheltering in the central town of Deir el-Balah, says she had to feed her two-month-old daughter solid food such as biscuits and ground rice, well ahead of the typical six-month mark because milk and formula are unavailable.
”We know it causes her intestinal distress, bloating and colic,” al-Zein said. “As you can see, 24 hours like this she cries and cries continuously.”
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
