Hundreds of Gaza’s water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed.

Hundreds of Gaza’s water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed since Israel began military action against Hamas, satellite analysis by BBC Verify has found. Damage to a major supplies depot has also severely disrupted repairs. The lack of clean water and flows of untreated sewage pose a serious threat to health, say aid agencies.

The destruction comes despite Israel’s duty to protect critical infrastructure under the rules of war, unless there is evidence sites are being used for military reasons, say human rights lawyers. Of the 603 water facilities we analysed, 53% appeared to have been damaged or destroyed since 7 October.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Some more interesting images from the article:

    Destroyed wastewater plant

    The conflict has already made water facility repair difficult for Gaza’s water authority, but a strike on a key maintenance warehouse has made it harder still.

    The IDF said the warehouse was not targeted, but that Hamas terrorists operating nearby were struck and “it is possible that parts of the warehouse suffered damage as a result of the strike”.

    Picture of all the destroyed water facilities (note how almost everything above Rafah is destroyed and a big percentage of blue dots are inside of Rafah)