Gazans are enduring a severe water crisis, with average daily consumption far below emergency levels as infrastructure has been destroyed and clean water supplies cut off. Residents, weakened by hunger and disease, must walk long distances and wait in lengthy queues to collect small amounts of brackish or contaminated water, often relying on children to help fetch it. Aid agencies warn that water-borne diseases are spreading rapidly, and the lack of adequate water for drinking, cooking, and hygiene is compounding the humanitarian disaster. While a new pipeline from Egypt is planned, relief may still be weeks away, and aid groups stress that only a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access can address the escalating crisis.