(21 Jul 2025)
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Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip – 19 July 2025
1. Displaced people gathering near the truck to fill their containers with water
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awwad Al-Satari, displaced man from Rafah: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT3++
"One family barely gets a gallon to use for their home, and a family of ten people who has two gallons – it will not last them three days."
3. Various of displaced people filling their containers with water
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Aya Modallal, displaced woman: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT5-6++
"The water problem is very, very difficult. We spend four or five days without water. The weather is hot and the children want to take a shower and we need to wash their clothes. Basically, they have two pieces of clothing, one to wear and one to wash. We have to bring water to wash them, but it is not available."
5. Man carrying containers filled with water walking back
6. Man filling a bucket with water
7. Water truck leaving the camp of displaced people
8. Abu Nuqairah driving water truck through the displaced people’s tent city
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Luay Abu Nuqairah, water truck driver: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT7 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT8&10-13++
"We try as much as possible to help as many people with the water load, we divide it between three camps or two, sometimes it is for one camp, depending on the number of people. The situation is difficult for people, there are no barrels and there is nothing that people can use (to store water). Salt water is not available, so people try to get as much water as they can and use it for washing, food, drinking and everything."
10. Various of people gathering near the truck to collect water
11. Girl waiting next to empty water gallons
12. Various of child sitting next to a water gallon, as people gathering to get water
13. Various of child carrying containers in a wheelchair
STORYLINE:
With Gaza’s water and sanitation systems decimated by months of war and Israel continuing to block fuel and infrastructure repairs, clean water is in short supply for over 2 million displaced Palestinians.
Many now rely entirely on sporadic truck deliveries.
And when water trucks do turn up, desperate crowds clutching plastic jugs and containers rush to gather around them.
Aya Modallal, a displaced woman, is forced to come to get water as her husband was hit by a bullet while waiting to get water.
“Sometimes we stay four to five days with no water. It is hot and there is a war. The children need to shower and we need to wash them,” she said.
The Associated Press followed Luay Abu Nuqairah, a 31-year-old truck driver from Rafah, as he delivered water.
He has been distributing water to camps since the early days of the war, filling his tank at a desalination plant in Deir al-Balah before heading south.
"The situation is difficult for people, there are no barrels and there is nothing that people can use to store water," he said.
The situation has taken its toll on him.
“I personally got psychologically tired. I’m exhausted and there’s less food. It’s an indescribable feeling,” he added.
AP Video by Abdel Kareem Hana
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