ISRAEL DESTROYED 75% OF WATER SOURCES AS GAZANS FORCED TO DRINK ‘UNSAFE WATER’

Mon 29 April 2024:

Israel has destroyed around 75 per cent of water sources in the city of Gaza, the municipality said yesterday, highlighting the need for better access to water as temperatures rise in the region.

Since the start of Israeli aggression, it added, the occupation forces have been monitoring residents who wish to access the sea to wash or for fishing. The statement called on the international community to intervene and save all cities in the Strip from the disaster they are facing.

It explained that the rise in temperatures has led to a worsening of the health and environmental conditions in the city due to the accumulation of around 100 tonnes of waste in the streets and because sewage water has spilled over into the streets.

‘Drinking unsafe water’

The health ministry in war-torn Gaza said on Saturday that all of the enclave’s residents are drinking unsafe and unclean water as Israel’s siege has prohibited the entry of materials to test and treat water.

The ministry attributed its inability to test drinking water due to Israel’s refusal to allow the delivery of chlorine or other alternatives, as well as the closure of the public health laboratory, as Israel continues with its indiscriminate war on the territory and wreaks more and more havoc.

“All citizens of the Gaza Strip are drinking unsafe water that puts their lives at risk,” they said.

Israel began its war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, after a surprise Hamas attack, and has killed at least 34,454 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

It has imposed a complete siege on the territory, depriving Gazans of basic needs such as clean water, food and fuel.

In a statement later on Saturday, the health ministry warned of the spread of diseases and epidemics as a result of the overflow of sewage and the accumulation of waste in streets and around displaced people’s tents.

It also warned of a surge of insects and other fauna as the temperature in Gaza soars, which also threatens the sanitary situation in the territory.

Earlier this week, the health ministry said it had been monitoring cases of meningitis and hepatitis due to sewage overflow and lack of safe drinking water.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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