Israel pushes Gaza water crisis to the brink

Wissam Badawi spends her days waiting and listening, in the hope that she might hear the distinctive honk of a water truck entering her neighborhood. These trucks, manned by local volunteers, have become the last lifeline for the 49-year-old mother of eight along with thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City, amid an increasingly severe water crisis caused by Israel’s ongoing assault on the Strip.

“Most of the water pipelines have been destroyed due to bulldozing…