'Collective punishment': MSF says Israel is weaponising water access in Gaza
The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza coupled with obstruction of access constitutes "an integral part of Israel's genocide", said the medical charity, which goes by its French acronym MSF. In a report entitled "Water as a Weapon", MSF said the "engineered scarcity" was occurring alongside "direct killing of civilians, the devastation of health facilities, (and) the destruction of homes". Watch moreTo return to Gaza, Palestinian refugees first have to face Israeli-backed militias Together, this amounted to "the deliberate infliction of destructive and inhumane conditions of life on the Palestinian population in Gaza", warned the report, based on testimonies and data MSF collected in 2024 and 2025.
- ▪The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza coupled with obstruction of access constitutes "an integral part of Israel's genocide", said the medical charity, which goes by its French acronym MSF.
- ▪In a report entitled "Water as a Weapon", MSF said the "engineered scarcity" was occurring alongside "direct killing of civilians, the devastation of health facilities, (and) the destruction of homes".
- ▪Watch moreTo return to Gaza, Palestinian refugees first have to face Israeli-backed militias Together, this amounted to "the deliberate infliction of destructive and inhumane conditions of life on the Palestinian population in Gaza", warned
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- ▪ MSF: Israel uses water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians — Org
- ▪ Israel using water access as 'weapon' in Gaza: MSF — The Hindu
- ▪ Israel using water access as 'weapon' in Gaza, report says — Japan Times
- ▪ Israel using water access as ‘weapon’ in Gaza: MSF — Straits Times — World
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Advertising Home Middle East 'Collective punishment': MSF says Israel is weaponising water access in Gaza Middle East Israeli authorities are systematically depriving Palestinians in Gaza of access to clean water, medical charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) said in a report issued Tuesday, accusing Israel of carrying out a campaign of "collective punishment" in the devastated Palestinian enclave. Issued on: 28/04/2026 - 09:23Modified: 28/04/2026 - 11:12 2 min Reading time Share By: FRANCE 24 Palestinian children fill plastic bottles with water at a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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