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punkfanalways posted...

I dont see how Israel have contaminated the water. Theyve made is hard for Gaza to have access to water. Completely get that. Where is that part on contamination though?

The Gaza Strips only natural source of water is the Coastal Aquifer Basin, which runs along the eastern Mediterranean coast from the northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, through Gaza and into Israel.

A 2020 study in the journal Water found the quality of the groundwater in the aquifer had deteriorated rapidly, in large part because it had been pumped out to meet the demands of Gazas large population quicker than it could be replaced by rainwater.

The aquifer is also polluted by untreated wastewater, leaving 96.2% of household water from the aquifer undrinkable, according to a 2020 report from BTselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

As a result, 97% of Gazans rely on unregulated private water tankers and small-scale, often solar-powered desalination plants for drinking water, according to figures from the World Bank.

Three major desalination plants in Gaza have all ceased operation due to power restrictions imposed by Israels blockade.

That still leaves some smaller desalination operations, but the quality of water treatment in those plants can be spotty. According to a 2021 study, 79% of desalination plants in Gaza are unlicensed and an average of 12% of desalinated water samples tested still showed dangerous levels of contamination.

The U.N. said Gaza desperately needed fuel to restart pumping and treatment plants.

We need to truck fuel into Gaza now. Fuel is the only way for people to have safe drinking water. If not, people will start dying of severe dehydration Water is now the last remaining lifeline, the U.N. said

punkfanalways posted...

Also you post like a chat bot lol.

I have carpel tunnel and copy pasting was probably better for the both of us, as that explains it better than I evert could myself in my own words.

It gives a better understanding as to why people are so pissed off with Israel and their treatment of the people of Palestine.

Also it educates anyone else passing through a little bit more about the conflict in Gaza.. so a win-win-win.