Gazans dig deep after ceasefire as water shortage bites
 

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6...0aa10307eb.jpgAfter two weeks with ** water following Israel's 50-day offensive, Abu Osama took matters into his own hands, and like hundreds of others, sank a well beside his Gaza home. After nearly two months of Israeli bombardment, power cuts and water shortages, he seized upon the ceasefire to get down to work. Water shortages are **thing new for Palestinians in the densely populated Gaza Strip enclave, and more and more people have been digging their own wells since 2006. Israel imposed a blockade on the territory that year after Gaza militants snatched one of its soldiers.




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