Fact #185 (6/1/21)
Israel’s most recent assault and bombardment has destroyed the Gaza Strip’s sewage systems, forcing municipalities to send untreated wastewater into the streets, over the open fields, and into the sea—further threatening the lives and health of citizens—infiltrating and polluting the coastal aquifer as well as Gaza’s seashore.
Israel’s bombing has incapacitated a critical desalination plant that helped provide fresh water to 250,000 people, and water pipes serving nearly a million people who now do not have access to clean piped water.
It would cost about $100m to rebuild the damage to industry, power, and agriculture. Gaza continutes to be subjected to Israel’s devastating 14-year blockade. Now, for more than three weeks, Israeli has shut down the Karm Abu Salem border crossing, the only gate though which Israel allows the entry of basic commodities into the Strip, including badly needed fuel and gas.
The lack of fuel needed for the only power plant in the Gaza Strip has shortened the average daily power supply to each household to no more than four hours.
Sources for the Fact:
http://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/124815
https://www.ochaopt.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/world/middleeast/gaza-humanitarian-disaster.html
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