Gaza water desalination plants cause severe health risks - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

Jan 22, 2015

A Palestinian woman fills a kettle with water from a tank placed outside her house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during the July-August war between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants, in the east of Gaza City January 4, 2015. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4K04H — A Palestinian woman fills a kettle with water from a tank outside her house in the east of Gaza City, Jan. 4, 2015. — REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Palestinians youths who fled their neighbourhood during the Israeli offensive, fetch water from a container after returning to their damaged home in the Beit Hanoun area during a 72-hour ceasefire, Gaza City, August 11, 2014. Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo on Monday to meet with Egyptian mediators who are holding talks on ending a month-old Gaza war between Israel and Palestinian militants, sources at the airport and foreign ministry said. The two sides agreed on Sunday to a new 72-hour ceasefire to

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Mohammed Othman

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Palestinians fill bottles of water for home consumption at the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, April 8, 2021.

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Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

A man holds a bottle filled with water from the Gaza Strip that is unsuitable for drinking during an event in Gaza City on June 14, 2012 as fifty international organizations and UN agencies urged Israel to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip to mark the fifth anniversary of the strengthening of that measure after the takeover of the Palestinian territory by Hamas. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/GettyImages)

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A Palestinian boy squirts water from a tap in the street on March 20, 2014 as the construction of a major seawater desalination plant launched by the European Union (EU) and UNICEF began in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Only 5.8% of households in Gaza have a good water supply suitable for consumption according to a statement released by the Palestinian Central Beureau of statistics on the occasion of World water day. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Get

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