Gaza/Cairo:
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza city residents have lost their only clean water in the last week after the supply of Israeli water, the Israeli army’s renewed aggressive aggressive, municipal authorities were cut by municipal authorities in the region.
In order to fill a small water after the bombing of the Israeli army in the eastern Xijia neighborhood of the city of Gaza city, sometimes many people have to walk up to miles, sometimes to miles, which damages the pipeline operated by the state-owned Mecorot.
“Since morning, I have been waiting for water,” the 42 -year -old Gaza woman called Nasar a woman of Feton. “There are no stations and no truck is coming. There is no water. Crossings are closed. God is ready, war will end safely and peacefully.”
Israel’s army did not immediately respond to the remarks request.
Israel ordered the residents of Sheejia to vacate last week as it launched an aggressive, which has seen several districts bombing. The army has said that earlier it was working against the “terrorist infrastructure” and killed a senior leader.
Municipal officials say that the pipeline of Mecorot was supplying 70% of the water of Gaza City, as after the destruction of most of its wells during the war, the municipal authorities say.
Municipal spokesperson Husni Mhana said, “The situation is very difficult and things are becoming more complicated, especially when it comes to people’s daily life and their daily water needs, whether it is cleaning, disinfected, and even cooking and drinking,” the municipal spokesperson Husni Mhana said.
“We are now in a real thirst crisis in Gaza city, and we can face a difficult reality in the coming days if the situation remains the same.”
Worse water crisis
Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced internal from war, many wells make several daily trips to fill plastic containers with water, which are still working in remoter areas – and even they do not guarantee clean supply.
Water for drinking, cooking and washing has rapidly became a luxury for Gaza residents after the onset of the war between Israeli and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, whose fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in October 2023, killed 1,200 people in Southern Israel and some 250 mebanas were killed according to Israeli.
Since then, more than 50,800 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli military operation, Palestinian officials have said.
Many residents in the enclave queue for hours to fill a water, which is usually not enough for their daily needs.
“I cover long distances. I get tired. I get old, I am not young to roam every day to get water.”
Gaza strip’s only natural source of water is the coastal Aquifer Basin, which runs from the Northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt along the eastern Mediterranean coast, through Gaza and in Israel.
But its salty tap water is severely reduced, up to 97% of salinity, over-concerning and pollution is considered unfit for human consumption.
Palestinian Water Authority said that most of its wells were deactivated during the war.
On 22 March, a joint statement by Palestinian Bureau of Statistics and Water Authority stated that more than 85% of water and hygiene facilities and assets in Gaza were completely out of service.
Palestinian and United Nations officials stated that most of Gaza’s gilanization plants were either damaged or stopped operations due to Israeli’s power and fuel cuts.
“Due to the widespread damage done by the water and hygiene sector, the water supply rate has fallen to 3-5 liters per person per day,” the statement said.
According to the World Health Organization indicators, a minimum of 15 liters per person per day was 15 liters below a minimum of 15 liters per day to survive in an emergency.
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