More than 700 Palestinians, mostly children, have been killed by Israeli army fire while collecting water since October 2023, local authorities said on Monday.

Medical sources stated that "90% of families in the Gaza Strip are facing severe water shortage,  due to the occupation's systematic destruction of infrastructure, as the aggression enters its 583rd day.

According to the website, UNICEF official in Gaza, Rosalia Poulin, reported that 600,000 people regained access to drinking water in November 2024, but it was cut off again.

The government of Israel “has used water deprivation to dehumanise and ultimately threaten Palestinian lives since the 1993 Oslo Accords,” Oxfam said.

The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) has confirmed that people in Gaza Strip are suffering from severe shortage of clean water as 40 percent of the water infrastructure in the besieged strip has been destroyed by Israeli atrocities.

Israeli onslaughts against the besieged Gaza Strip have caused serious damage to the water infrastructure in Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) said 40 percent of the water infrastructure in Gaza is out of service either due to damage caused in bombings or lack of fuel to run the pumps.

Abu Khalaf explained that respiratory diseases usually begin in children, with 55,000 cases of respiratory disease due to overcrowding among displaced persons in UNRWA facilities and hospitals.