Gaza City, June 6 (RHC)-- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is warning that people in Gaza are not getting nearly enough water.   Families travel long distances in the heat, only to often find water treatment plants shut because they don’t have enough fuel to operate.

A chronic lack of fuel has forced the shutdown of desalination plants in the battered Gaza Strip, leaving families struggling to find water amid Israel’s ongoing offensive on the enclave, UNRWA said.

“With almost no fuel available in Gaza, critical desalination plants have shut down,” UNRWA said in a statement.  The UN agency said Palestinian families in the strip don’t find enough water.

“Survival is a struggle.  Families and children walk long distances in the heat for water,” it said.

“People need water to live.  Israeli authorities must provide access now.”