Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – Nawaf al-Akhras begins his day by carrying bottles and jerrycans with his eldest son to a water filling station about one and a half kilometres (0.9 miles) from his tent in southern Gaza’s al-Mawasi camp.Upon arrival, they are met with thousands of people crowding the station, waiting under the scorching sun for their turn.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNawaf, a father of seven who was displaced from Rafah to al-Mawasi two years ago, describes the daily round trip, which can stretch for five hours or more, as a torment for his family, and for other Palestinians displaced as a result of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.“My entire day with my son is spent waiting in line to fill water, with people coming from very far distances,” Nawaf tells Al Jazeera. “It’s daily suffering, just so that we can drink water.”Water shortages have recently worsened in several areas across Gaza, including al-Mawasi, after Eta – a company that provided clean and potable water, serving displaced people across the Strip from Rafah to Beit Hanoun – stopped operating due to what it said was a lack of funding.“Water trucks used to come almost daily near the tents and eased the burden of collecting and transporting water,” Nawaf says.“But for several weeks now, these trucks have stopped, and our struggle to obtain drinking water has doubled.”Nawaf explains that he can barely fill two small jerrycans due to the overwhelming crowd and intens …
