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Article: Raw sewage runs in the streets of Gaza.(WORLD)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 7, 2008
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A stream of dark and putrid sludge snakes through Gaza's streets. It is a noxious mix of human and animal waste. The stench is overwhelming. The occasional passerby vomits.
Over recent days this has been a more common sight than the sale of food on the streets of Gaza, choked by a relentless Israeli siege.
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans, almost all of its able male adults among a population of 1.5 million, crossed over into Egypt in late January to buy essential provisions--and a new lease on life. That has staved off starvation. But streets continue as sewers.
The rain has not helped. The sludge has spread, and the stench with it. Starved of ...