💢 Israel has bombed and devastated Gaza’s sewage and sanitation infrastructure, and now deliberately blocks Palestinians from the landfills, machinery and essential supplies needed to contain the resulting public health catastrophe.
One consequence is a massive rat and pest infestation, with Palestinians, including children, being bitten in their sleep.
Four in five sewage pumping stations are not functioning, with some 40,000 cubic meters of untreated sewage flowing each day. By July, 60% of Gaza’s population was living within 10 meters of sewage or human waste and more than 900,000 people were exposed to garbage accumulating in residential areas, according to UN OCHA.
Rodents or pests were reported at 81% of displacement sites surveyed in April, affecting roughly 1.45 million Palestinians.
Both of Gaza’s sanitary landfills lie beyond the Israeli-imposed “Yellow Line,” and the UN says access remains banned by Israel. Israel also requires approval and blocks entry of machinery and spare parts needed to remove garbage and rubble, while engine oils, pest-control chemicals and other essential supplies remain severely restricted.
Israel permitted 3 tonnes of rodenticide and 3,000 liters of pesticide into Gaza in May, but the UN said pest-control efforts remained limited and a full response requires sustained supplies, heavy equipment and access to the landfills Israel continues to block with Gaza’s sanitation system having completely collapsed.
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المشهد في مخيم جباليا شمال غزة
التاريخ / 31 أكتوبر 2023
المكان / مايعرف بحارة السنايدة وسط المخيم
الجريمة / القاء قرابة سبعة قنابل من طائرات الاحتلال على مربع سكني غالبية بيوته من الاسبست والكرميد .
الحصيلة / قرابة 500 شهيد وجريح ومفقودين وأجسام تبخرت
التغطية الكبيرة كانت لصوت غزة أنس الشريف
Asi se ve hoy la Franja de Gaza en el aniversario de Hiroshima.
Nunca olvidemos que EEUU lanzó 15.000 toneladas en 900 km² en Hiroshima y EEUU entregó 200.000 toneladas de bombas a "Israel" para masacrar 345 km² en Gaza.
Ambos genocidios fueron perpetrados con bombas de EEUU.
Destruction, vandalism, and looting... This is what Israeli soldiers are doing inside the homes of Palestinian residents in the Qalandiya Refugee Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
“Why do Palestinians teach their children to hate Israel?”
They don’t. Generations of Palestinian children have been taught to hate Israel by Israeli soldiers just like these ones.