Over 30,000 Babies in Gaza Are Drinking Contaminated Water, US State Dept Says

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Over 30,000 Babies in Gaza Are Drinking Contaminated Water, US State Dept Says
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The State Department says 30,000 vulnerable babies under 6 months and 52,000 pregnant people are drinking dirty water.

A Palestinian man fills empty bottles with sea water due to water crisis as a result of the suspension of water flow in the water pipes from Israel to the Gaza Strip in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on October 29, 2023.An internal report by the U.S. State Department finds that tens of thousands of pregnant people and babies just months old are being forced to drink dirty water in Gaza, putting their health at risk as Israeli leaders block water and electricity from entering the area.

It is also especially dangerous as the dirty water is likely the only source of water for many Gazans right now, with Israel having halted water, electricity, fuel and humanitarian aid to the area weeks ago with no sign of stopping its blockade. The report recommends that the Biden administration urge Israel to restore water access to its original capacity plus two pipes, on top of the pipe that has already been running at the request of Biden officials, and allow enough fuel into the area for water to run through the region. The recommendations,in Gaza was only at 5 percent

of its normal levels at that point; experts say that many in Gaza currently only have access to seawater mixed with sewage.a condition called blue baby syndrome, or infant methemoglobinemia, when mixed in infant formula, which can cause coma and death.

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