earthling<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fuel</span></a> blockade continues to worsen Gaza’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> crisis</p><p>Gaza’s water crisis has intensified since Israel blocked nearly all fuel shipments into the enclave on March 2. With no fuel, desalination plants, wastewater treatment facilities and pumping stations have largely shut down.</p><p>Families, many of them with children, are spending hours each day under the scorching sun searching for a few litres of water just to survive.</p><p>Only 12 of more than 70 municipal wells remain operational.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>