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UN Raise Alarm on Clean Water Catastrophe in Gaza 

sajadi - Thursday, 22 February 2024 - 08:50 WIB

Thursday, 22 February 2024 - 08:50 WIB

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Gaza, MINA – The UN raised alarm Wednesday at the dire humanitarian catastrophe facing people in the Gaza Strip and said “most” Palestinians there lack access to clean drinking water, Anadolu Agency reports.

“Urgent action is needed to address the public health catastrophe unfolding in the Gaza Strip,” said spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, echoing calls from humanitarian workers on Tuesday.

Just one of the three pipelines that fed water to Gaza from Israel remains functional and is operating at under half of its intended capacity, according to the UN. Meanwhile, more than 80 per cent of Gaza’s water wells are not functional and no wastewater treatment facilities are working.

“Despite repeated warnings from ourselves and our partners about the catastrophic impact of contaminated water and poor sanitation, major challenges continue to hamper humanitarian response in Gaza, including import constraints, restrictions on movements, and lack of safety for aid operations,” said Dujarric.

Also Read: Israeli Strike on Gaza Medical Complex Kills 5 Journalists

“To improve water and health services, we will need the removal of impediments to the entry and distribution of aid in Gaza, including fuel, as well as the free and safe movement of medical and humanitarian personnel,” he added.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since an Octber 7 2023, at least 29,092 victims and caused mass destruction and shortages of necessities. Nearly 70,000 people have been injured.

The Israeli war on Gaza has pushed 85 per cent of the territory’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60 per cent of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

Also Read: Four Journalists Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Hospital

Hostilities have continued unabated, however, and aid deliveries remain woefully insufficient to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. (T/RE1/P2)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)

Also Read: Israeli Strike on Nasser Medical Complex Kills 10, Including 4 Journalists

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