Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water during the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, Reuters reports citing municipal authorities in the territory.

Many now have to walk, sometimes for miles, to get a small water fill after the Israeli military’s bombardment and ground offensive in the Gaza City’s eastern Shujaiya neighbourhood damaged the pipeline operated by state-owned Mekorot.

“Since morning, I have been waiting for water,” said 42-year-old Gaza resident Faten Nassar. “There are no stations and no trucks coming. There is no water. The crossings are closed. God willing, the war will end safely and peacefully.”

Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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