Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick
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A Palestinian girl drinks water from a jerrycan after collecting it from a water distribution point during a hot summer day with temperatures reaching 36 C (97 F) in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)In the summer heat, Palestinian children carry jerrycans after collecting water from a distribution point in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Enaam Al Majdoub uses water collected from a distribution point to bathe her 3-year-old granddaughter, Jourieh, while her son Zaki uses some of the water for cooking in their family tent in Gaza City on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)In the summer heat, a Palestinian boy carries jerrycans after collecting water from a distribution point in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Palestinian children sell bags of drinking water during a hot summer day with temperatures reaching 36 C (97 F) in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug, 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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A Palestinian girl drinks water from a jerrycan after collecting it from a water distribution point during a hot summer day with temperatures reaching 36 C (97 F) in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)