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Humanitarian crisis escalates as sewage contaminates Gaza water
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Middle East
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August 1, 2008
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Mel Frykberg reports from Gaza
SRAEL'S CONTINUING BLOCKADE of the Gaza Strip is putting the health of a million-and-a-half Palestinians at risk and threatening the lives of the more vulnerable such as children and the elderly, as the quality of drinking water continues to decline due to sewage seeping into the underground aqueduct.
"Gazans are reaching the end of their tether and using up their last reserves of resistance both emotionally and physically in dealing with the ongoing stress, unemployment, malnutrition and poverty they face under the Israeli and international blockade imposed on the coastal territory," Jerusalem-based Michael Bailey, Oxfam's advocacy and media manager, told The ...