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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Access to safe drinking water is an internationally recognised human right. But for Gazans, it is in short supply. The Palestinian coastal enclave, home to more than two million people, suffers from an ongoing water crisis due to Israeli restrictions, the depletion of natural sources, and groundwater pollution. Every day, Mohammed al-Assar, a resident from the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, walks about 800 meters to fill three gallons of water that he takes from a mosque that provides it for free. The 49-year-old father of seven told The New Arab that he could not use the water prov…