Palestinians in Gaza resorting to drinking sewage water: WHO

Palestinians in Gaza are increasingly resorting to desperate measures in a bid to stay alive, the regional director of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. 

“There are people who are now eating animal food, eating grass, they’re drinking sewage water,” says Hanan Balkhy, as reported by AFP. 

“Children are barely able to eat, while the trucks are standing outside of Rafah,” said Balkhy, urging Israel to “open those borders".

The United Nations and human rights organisations have said that Israel has continued to block and hinder aid entering the besieged Gaza Strip, pushing the Palestinian population towards famine.