A Palestinian boy carries drinking water with a plastic bottle in the war-battered southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, near the border with Egypt, on May 2, 2009. Palestinians face dire water shortages because of both bad Palestinian management and Israeli restrictions. [Xinhua]

A Palestinian girl fetches drinking water with plastic barrels in the war-battered southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, near the border with Egypt, on May 2, 2009.  [Xinhua]