Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
A person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. “The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities.
- ▪A person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down.
- ▪Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down.
- ▪“The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities.
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| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:08 GMT |
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A person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA person fills a bottle with water from an emergency tank after five of Israel's six seawater desalination plants were temporarily shut down. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesIsraelIsrael facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plantsFive desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisisLorenzo Tondo in Jerualem and Seham Tantesh in GazaThu 24 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIsrael is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a…
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