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Here is one of the articles:
Bombing plants, severing pipelines: Israel pushes Gaza water crisis to the brink
Since March, the army's intensified targeting of water infrastructure has left Gazans no choice but to drink seawater and ration contaminated supplies.
By Ibtisam Mahdi April 23, 2025
Wissam Badawi spends her days waiting and listening, in the hope that she might hear the distinctive honk of a water truck entering her neighborhood. These trucks, manned by local volunteers, have become the last lifeline for the 49-year-old mother of eight along with thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City, amid an increasingly severe water crisis caused by Israel’s ongoing assault on the Strip.
“Most of the water pipelines have been destroyed due to bulldozing by the Israeli army, and the municipality can’t repair them,“ Badawi, who lives in the neighborhood of Tel Al-Hawa, told +972. “There’s no well nearby, so I have to send my kids to the sea to fetch water for daily use. Then I wait for the truck to arrive so I can mix clean water with the seawater to reduce its salinity and make it drinkable.“
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Palestinians collect drinking water in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, April 10, 2025. (Ruwaida Amer)
