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Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 5 – Damage to Gaza's water infrastructure amid the Israeli military campaign has reduced daily water consumption to 3-5 litres per person, far below the 15 litres emergency minimum, aid groups report.
- A global hunger monitor warned Gaza faces a famine scenario unfolding as Israeli pipelines supplying water ran dry, worsening the crisis.
- Israel's early blockade halted water and electricity, destroying most sanitation infrastructure and forcing reliance on fuel-starved generators.
- Oxfam reported last week that water-borne disease rates in Gaza increased by almost 150%, with many Gazans hauling water across a ruined landscape daily.
- Within Israel, the war debate has divided citizens and strained private relationships, with many fearing their country may become an international pariah and soldiers face war crime suspicions abroad.
- Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice is weighing whether Israel has breached the Genocide Convention, as Netanyahu's cabinet pushes to annex more land and Oxfam calls for a ceasefire.
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Thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers, broken pipelines
Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy. Even as global attention has turned to starvation in Gaza, where after 22 months of a devastating Israeli military campaign a global hunger monitor says a famine is unfolding, the water crisis is just as severe according to aid groups. Though some w…
After starvation, thirst grips Gaza: Aid workers say water crisis as severe as food shortage
In addition to the hunger crisis, Gaza is also in the grips of a severe water shortage. As the Israeli bombardment has destroyed most of Gaza's water supply and sanitation infrastructure, some small desalination units run by aid agencies are the only source of potable water, with most of the water used in Gaza drawn from wells in a brackish aquifer that has been further polluted by sewage and chemicals seeping through the rubble, spreading diarr…
The water crisis in the Gaza Strip has worsened unprecedentedly, with groundwater pumps relying on small generators that have scarcely fueled their operation, prompting the population to resort to primitive means to secure their daily needs. In this context, a 23-year-old young man, Madad Camper, said that he "has to walk about a kilometre and stand in line for two hours to get water," pointing out that "he does this task three times a day often…
As Gaza famine worsens, Netanyahu’s war against Palestinians finally turns Israelis against each other
TEL AVIV, Aug 6 — As it grinds on well into its twenty-second month, Israel’s war in Gaza has set friends and families against one another and sharpened existing political and cultural divides.Hostage families and peace activists want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to secure a ceasefire with Hamas and free the remaining captives abducted during the October 2023 Hamas attacks.Right-wing members of Netanyahu’s cabinet, meanwhile, w…
Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines
Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy.
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