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August 21, 2014 11:21am
TEL AVIV (JTA) Gaza residents are suffering from a severe water shortage as a result of the ongoing conflict there.
Damage to wells and Gazas energy infrastructure has disrupted the pumping and distribution of water, cutting the coastal strips water supply by half, according to Haaretz.
In addition, hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans have been unable to bathe regularly. Haaretz reported that the water shortage could lead to the spread of infections and skin diseases.
The Palestinian Water Authority told Haaretz that bombing destroyed 11 wells and two purification plants while damaging an additional 15 wells and four purification plants.
Workers began repairs on the infrastructure during the cease-fires of recent weeks, but the repairs are expected to stop now that fighting has resumed. Ninety percent of the water in Gaza is not potable, making the purification plants crucial to the areas drinking supply.
Read more: http://www.jta.org/2014/08/21/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/gaza-experiencing-severe-water-shortage#ixzz3B3R9JqSm
merrily
(45,251 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)However, I add, as always, that I never know what the truth is in that region. Everyone who reports on it-and his or her sources-- seems to have one axe or another to grind. I give up. That is why I very rarely post about it.
4now
(1,596 posts)PDJane
(10,103 posts)and to tear down that illegal wall that encloses the Palestinian water table, things might change.
malaise
(269,239 posts)food and water??
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)GitRDun
(1,846 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Or is Hamas too busy building rockets and bombs and killing people to help support THEIR people?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Gaza is all but a open air prison where supplies/food/goods/medicines are shut out by the apartheid gov't called israel?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)show some empathy. We sent humanitarian aid to the Kurds recently. We should send humanitarian aid to the Palestinians also. Don't you agree?