Gaza fuel shortages could deprive 44,000 children of clean water: Save the Children

Fuel shortages in Gaza could cut 44,000 children off from clean water supplies within days, Save the Children has warned.

The charity said that it relies on fuel to transport clean water daily to over 50 communities across Gaza, including some 44,072 children. Dwindling fuel supplies mean the operation is at risk of grinding to a halt.

"Access to safe water is a fundamental human right, critical not just for drinking but for staving off disease that is rife across Gaza, where nearly everyone now lives in crowded shelters and tents, having been displaced multiple times," the charity said in a statement.

It added that 39 percent of people in the strip seeking medical consultations are suffering from acute diarrhoea – one of the world’s biggest killers of children.