GAZA(Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Gaza Municipality said the Israeli destruction of water facilities and the desalination plant as well as the power shortage crisis in Gaza has caused water shortage in 60% of the city’s area.
The quantities of water pumped to the city are very scarce due to the lack of fuel needed to operate water wells, as more than half of the city’s area suffers from a large water scarcity, especially in the north and southwest Gaza regions, the municipality explained in a press statement on Saturday.
It added that the currently available water covers about 40% of the total area of Gaza City, noting that the amount currently available is estimated at about 25,000 cups per day, with about 20,000 of which is from Mekorot water line, while the remaining quantity, which is estimated at about 5,000 cups per day, is produced by operating about 20 wells for a limited time of few hours.
The municipality reported that the Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip destroyed 90,000 longitudinal meters of water networks and 62 wells of different sizes, which caused a severe and large thirst crisis in several areas of Gaza City.
