Left with no choice, parents giving salty water to children in Gaza: UN

Palestinian boys stand in a damaged building after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/IANS)

Palestinian boys stand in a damaged building after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/IANS)

Gaza, October 30 (IANS): As Gaza faces shortage of essentials, people were forced to give salty water to their kids, UN children aid agency UNICEF said.

The shortage that Gaza was facing has been raised to another level, UNICEF spokesperson Toby Fricker was quoted as saying by BBC.

Talking about the aid supplies, Fricker said aid supplies are coming but are minimal.

He called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and increasing aid supplies to Gaza.

On Sunday, more than 30 aid trucks entered Gaza, the largest humanitarian aid convoy to the territory since limited deliveries were allowed, the UN said.

 



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