The Palestinian Water Authority and Unicef have begun operating 13 mobile desalination stations in Gaza, where displaced families are enduring a dire water crisis after Israeli forces destroyed 85 per cent of the enclave’s water and sanitation facilities, Al Jazeera reports.

Ziad Mimi, the chairman of the Water Authority, said Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s critical infrastructure had receded the amount of water available per person from 30 litres (8 gallons) per day to 9 litres (2.4 gallons) per day.

He noted that the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization is 19 litres (5 litres) of water per person per day.