Water Fact: Children in Gaza at risk of dying of thirst
For decades the Gaza Strip has suffered from an insufficient supply of clean water. Now, according to UNICEF, “just 40 percent of drinking water production facilities remain functional in Gaza (87 out of 217). Without fuel, every one of these will stop operating within weeks...If the current more than 100-day blockade on fuel coming into Gaza does not end, children will begin to die of thirst.”
The June 20th briefing by the UN organization continued: “Gaza is facing what would amount to a man-made drought. Water systems are collapsing.” In the words of one Gaza resident, “We have learnt to live without so much. Without our homes; without safety; without loved ones…we have even learnt we can live without food for a week or more…but we cannot survive days without water.”
Please note: there will be no Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine Bi-Weekly Briefs this summer.
Wall Posts of Note...
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Israel has been starving us for months. It cut off all aid to Gaza in March, only to recently approve a US-led, militarized aid site run by the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.”
The consequences are not abstract – they are visceral, immediate and devastating.
On 27 May in Rafah, thousands of hungry and desperate people surged toward the site seeking food and water. They had no option.
( Moaz Abu Taha / APA images)
Excerpt from "In Gaza you can choose only humiliation or death" by Malak Hijazi. Read the full article at https://electronicintifada.net/.../gaza-you-can.../50750
A recent study published on the Harvard Dataverse by researcher Yaakov Garb analyzes IOF military population estimates of Gaza’s population and shows that it has dropped from 2.2 million to just 1.85 million within three main Gaza “humanitarian zones” Gaza City, Al-Mawasi, and Central Gaza and compares them to Gaza’s pre-war population of approximately 2.227 million. The study finds that only about 1.85 million people are accounted for in these ‘enclaves’, leaving an estimated 377,000 Palestinians unaccounted for.
The missing 377,000 are not simply unaccounted for. They are people in northern Gaza who have endured the heaviest bombing, residents in the Rafah’s eastern district which is flattened, families in zones of total communication blackout, killed families, and families under the rubble.
Source: “Aid Distribution Compounds In Gaza” | Harvard Dataverse
Israel 'disappeared' 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
A new report published this month via the Harvard Dataverse reveals that at least 377,000 people in Gaza have been "disappeared" by the Israeli military since October 2023, with half of that number believed to be children.
The report, authored by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb, uses data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to examine how Israeli attacks on civilians and the obstruction of aid have led to a dramatic drop in the enclave’s population.
According to Garb's findings, the actual number of people killed may be far higher than the official death toll, which currently stands at around 61,000.
Maps in the report, based on Israeli military estimates, indicate that the remaining population in Gaza City is around one million, with 500,000 in Mawasi and 350,000 in central Gaza, totalling approximately 1.85 million.
Before the war, Gaza's population was estimated at 2.227 million. The discrepancy points to at least 377,000 people now unaccounted for.
While some may be displaced or missing, the scale of the gap has led analysts to conclude that a significant number are likely dead, suggesting the real death toll could be many times higher.
Read the article by the New Arab staff here.
The new report sheds light on how the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid sites triggered the killing of scores of Palestinians [Getty]
Their Generosity Moved us to Tears...
Friends,
Recently, a prisoner in the United States donated $17.74 to the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine. He worked 136 hours to earn that amount.
A nine-year-old child, after watching our video, "Draining Palestine: Water, Power, and Genocide", wanted to send water to Palestinians but couldn’t. Instead, he gave us the $10 he had saved. He said, “We have a lot of catching up to do because of the $17.9 billion the United States has given Israel.” He is now educating his friends.
A child’s basic sense of right and wrong. A prisoner’s knowledge of oppression. Such generosity brought us to tears.
Please match their generosity.
We need to raise money to complete a second video, “Extreme Water Pressure: How Israel uses water to erase Palestine,” produced by the same West Bank studio. In the last two weeks, over 860 people have seen “Draining Palestine,” which led to a 60% increase in visits to our website. The video is being shared on social media nationally and internationally. (We hope you will repost it.)
We also need funds for our ongoing work. We are an all-volunteer organization. We need money for printing leaflets, producing yard signs and banners, organizing special events, and technical assistance to maintain and expand our website and social media presence.
We are more active than ever as our tax dollars continue to be used to arm the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.
Please help us strengthen our ongoing work to educate and agitate.
Thank you
The Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine
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