OTTAWA - The United Nations official overseeing water and sanitation in the Gaza Strip is praising Canada’s support for Palestinians but warns that some of its aid money is being squandered by Israel’s attacks on water facilities and restrictions on aid groups.
Jonathan Veitch, the head of UNICEF for the Palestinian territories, said the Israeli military’s destruction of facilities like the Canada Well and attacks on those paid to deliver water are making survival harder for desperate families now living in rat-infested tents.
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