Bombing plants, severing pipelines: Israel pushes Gaza water crisis to the brink

“This crisis is not a side effect of Israel’s onslaught, but rather a deliberate aspect of it. According to data from Gaza’s Government Media Office, the Israeli army has destroyed 719 water wells since October 7. On March 10, Israel cut off the remaining electricity supply to Gaza, forcing the Strip’s largest desalination plant to scale down its operations. A few days later, the second largest plant went out of service due to fuel shortages resulting from Israel’s total blockade on the enclave. “

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Palestinians collect drinking water in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on March 4, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

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Israel’s renewed military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which broke a 42-day ceasefire with Hamas, is pursuing an ambitious agenda that is radically redrawing the map of the enclave, thrusting 2.2 million Palestinians into further displacement and starvation while keeping the fate of 59 remaining Israeli hostages in limbo.

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Bulletin on action by the UN/Division for Palestinian Rights

 

Dear Colleague,

Please find below the link to and the table of contents of the Bulletin on action by the United Nations system and Intergovernmental Organizations relevant to the Question of Palestine (March 2025).

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Division for Palestinian Rights | DPPA | United Nations

Contents

  1. Gaza ceasefire must hold, Secretary-General urges at launch of Berlin Initiative

  2. Serious negotiations must resume for Gaza ceasefire, UN Secretary-General tells Extraordinary Arab League Summit

  3. West Bank large scale house demolitions by Israeli forces are having unprecedented impact on Palestine refugees, UNRWA warns

  4. UN Human rights experts condemn Israeli decision to re-open ‘gates of hell’ and unilaterally change conditions of truce deal

  5. Commission of Inquiry documents Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023

  6. UNICEF warns Palestinian children remain deprived of the most essential supplies and services

  7. UNRWA is facing significant operational challenges due to the Knesset laws, forced to evacuate Jerusalem HQ, says agency’s Chief

  8. Israel ramps up settlement and annexation in West Bank with dire human rights consequences, warns OHCHR

  9. UN Special Rapporteur Albanese warns of mass ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

  10. UN Human Rights High Commissioner denounces Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

  11. Secretary-General condemns attacks on UN personnel

  12. A renewed ceasefire is the best way of protecting civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel, ASG Khiari tells Security Council

  13. Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016)

  14. UN scales down Gaza operations after Israeli strikes hit compound

  15. Hunger looms again in Gaza as WFP food stocks begin to run out

  16. UN Relief Coordinator urges international action to protect civilians in Gaza

  17. UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls

  18. At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire – UNICEF

  19. UN Human Rights High Commissioner condemns the killing of Gaza medical and humanitarian workers by Israeli army