Gaza Gov’t Media Office Says Israel Systematically Destroys Water Infrastructure
The office says Israeli forces have destroyed 720 water wells, depriving more than 1.25 million people of clean water.
By Tareq S. Hajjaj ,MONDOWEISS July 18, 2025
Sunday’s attack on people lining up for water was not the first attack by the Israeli army on hungry and thirsty civilians in Gaza. Following the massacre, Gaza’s Government Media Office issued a detailed statement indicating that the Israeli military has targeted 112 sites distributing fresh water since the Israeli genocide began in 2023, resulting in massacres of hundreds of civilians — mostly children — who were trying to get drinking water.
The Gaza Strip’s water supply depends on three primary sources: groundwater, water supplied directly from Israel through the national water company (Mekorot), and central desalination plants that belong to the Coastal Municipality Water Utility in Gaza.
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Palestinians check the site of an Israeli strike on a water well in al-Saftawi area west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2025.
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