A people are being slowly suffocated before our very eyes:
The UN and international aid agencies say Israel must relax its blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow urgent repairs to the water and sewage systems.
In a joint appeal, the bodies say the hazards to health and the environment threaten not only Gaza but Israel too.
More than 13m gallons (50m litres) of raw or partially treated sewage flows into the sea every day from Gaza because of a lack of treatment plants.
The cross-border aquifer is low and raw sewage floats back to Gaza and Israel.