'The heat is killing us': Palestinians cool off in polluted sea during hot weather
26/06/2026-17:30 26/06/2026-17:50 חדשות Channel Guardian News דיווח
“There’s no electricity, no fan, no water, even food we are unable to eat,” says Nahed Hamouda, a Palestinian displaced in Gaza. Subscribe ► youtube.com
As temperatures rise in Gaza City, residents are attempting to use the beach for some respite. It was once a popular place to relax but is now the only refuge from sweltering tents. But the sea offers little comfort. The water is thick with sewage and waste, the result of a collapsed infrastructure that once served a population of more than 2 million people. The impact of water shortages is compounded by the lack of sewage treatment facilities. As temperatures rise over summer, the risks to human health from both are likely to increase unless large amounts of equipment are allowed into Gaza. The average daily supply is only seven litres of drinking water and 16 litres of domestic water, Unicef said, and many people do not have access to even a minimum of six litres a day of clean drinking water. Israel continues to curb aid and recently closed crossings into northern Gaza, cutting the most direct route to reach hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine, as airstrikes and shelling killed dozens more people in the devastated Palestinian territory. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has given orders to the Israeli army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip, which would mean the 2.2 million Palestinians who have survived the war would be crammed into less than a third of their original territory. Israel denies there are any restrictions on equipment or fuel needed to run water and sanitation systems in Gaza, claiming it provided clean water through three pipelines and allowed the passage of water from Egypt through a fourth. An independent UN inquiry has found that Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza. Follow the link for more reporting ► theguardian.com
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As temperatures rise in Gaza City, residents are attempting to use the beach for some respite. It was once a popular place to relax but is now the only refuge from sweltering tents. But the sea offers little comfort. The water is thick with sewage and waste, the result of a collapsed infrastructure that once served a population of more than 2 million people. The impact of water shortages is compounded by the lack of sewage treatment facilities. As temperatures rise over summer, the risks to human health from both are likely to increase unless large amounts of equipment are allowed into Gaza. The average daily supply is only seven litres of drinking water and 16 litres of domestic water, Unicef said, and many people do not have access to even a minimum of six litres a day of clean drinking water. Israel continues to curb aid and recently closed crossings into northern Gaza, cutting the most direct route to reach hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine, as airstrikes and shelling killed dozens more people in the devastated Palestinian territory. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has given orders to the Israeli army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip, which would mean the 2.2 million Palestinians who have survived the war would be crammed into less than a third of their original territory. Israel denies there are any restrictions on equipment or fuel needed to run water and sanitation systems in Gaza, claiming it provided clean water through three pipelines and allowed the passage of water from Egypt through a fourth. An independent UN inquiry has found that Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza. Follow the link for more reporting ► theguardian.com
#gaza #palestine #heatwave #israel #watershortages #foodshortages
