Israel’s attacks on water access are part of its decades-long campaign to exercise control over basic needs in Gaza.
Palestinian children wait with jerry cans to fill them with drinking water in Rafah on February 19, 2024.Oxfam has warned that Israel’s longstanding policy of using water as a weapon against Palestinians has reached its peak amid Israel’s genocide, with water access for Palestinians in Gaza now at a small fraction of pre-genocide levels as Palestinians die of dehydration, starvation and disease.
Meanwhile, delivering water in humanitarian convoys is nearly impossible due to Israel’s aid blockade, the report says. Maintaining what is left of sanitation infrastructure is its own challenge, as Israeli forcesas part of their attacks on all systems supporting life in Gaza. Israel’s current attacks on water access are part of its decades-long campaign to exercise control over basic needs in Gaza in order to kill Palestinians through deprivation.
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