💢 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.
Breaking | GSF: “The world is now seeing what Palestinians have warned about for decades.”
The Global Sumud Flotilla says New York Times investigation has uncovered testimonies and medical evidence documenting severe abuse against participants, including injuries, physical violence, and mistreatment during their detention after the interception of a humanitarian mission.
The findings have intensified calls for international accountability, with rights groups and legal representatives arguing that the treatment of flotilla participants reflects a wider system of abuse faced by Palestinians in Israeli detention, including children.
These are armed Israeli surveillance drones flying over Lebanon right now. Not only are they used for data collection, they’re also used as a form of psychological terrorism. The sound you hear in the video is from inside my apartment.
The persistent buzzing of military drones can inflict severe psychological trauma on civilians, especially children, causing anxiety, sleep deprivation, hypervigilance, and PTSD. The omnipresent sound creates a constant sense of being surveilled and an ever-present threat of sudden death. Anyone can be killed or injured in a drone strike at any time, or witness another person being murdered in front of them.
Americans, your tax dollars are paying for this terrorism.
Imagine armed drones flying over your city 24/7. Would you accept that?
I’ve said this before but I’d like to reiterate until you get it.
Americans, the violence you export will always come home to you. Your government will start using these tactics on you. You’re next.
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The US-led Board of Peace, established to oversee Gaza, has issued its first construction contract, not for reconstruction of destoryed homes, hospitals or schools, but for building a military base to house foreign troops, according to The Guardian.
The planned base, awarded to US firm Arkel International, will initially accommodate around 150 Moroccan troops who are expected to join an international stabilization force in Gaza.
This is the first phase of a larger military base that could eventually host up to 5,000 international troops.
The U.S. is blocking 7,000 shipping containers bought directly by Cuba.
They are preventing food, medicine, equipment for water and electricity from getting to Cuba.
This is collective punishment.
This is genocidal.
C’est incroyable que les médias français aient refusé de parler de ce drame hors du commun, qui en dit tellement sur les souffrances du peuple palestinien.
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Remember how we were always hearing that there are thousands of uncounted bodies trapped beneath the rubble in Gaza? Israel has been quietly disappearing them before they’ve been counted in order to cover up a genocide.