The deliberate Israeli forces targeting two water carrier lines in the Al-Saftawi area cuts water supply on 20% of city residents
The Israeli airstrikes on Al-Saftawi area last night damaged two main water carrier lines feeding the northwestern residential areas.
The Municipality of Gaza regrettably confirms that the bombing of these two water carrier lines, one of which with a diameter of 16 inches and the other with a diameter of 14 inches, which serve more than 200,000 citizens, leaving them with no water supply and exaggerating the water crisis that the city suffers due to the deliberate targeting of the city infrastructure.
MoG indicates that the two lines transfer about 1,000 cups of water per hour from the water wells in the "Al-Na’jah" area north of the city, feeding the northwest areas of the city and the other western parts.
MoG has begun inspecting the destruction and creating temporary solutions to reduce the water crisis caused by the unfortunate destruction .
The Municipality of Gaza renews its condemnation of deliberate targeting of civilian Infrastructure, buildings and vital facilities, calling on the international community and humanitarian organizations to oblige the occupation avoid targeting municipal facilities in order to avoid a deepening severe humanitarian crisis the city is already witnessing , as well, avoid further water shortages and consequnt health crisisis .
It’s worthy noted that the water lines targeted by the occupation since the start of the aggression reached more than 13,000 meters in length, causing a water crisis and a state of sever eater depriviation in many areas of the city.
Yahya R. Sarraj
Mayor of Gaza
Palestine
May 20, 2021
