The Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority said that 66% of the people of the Gaza Strip suffer from the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera, chronic diarrhea, and intestinal diseases, due to the lack of potable water and the closure of all water desalination plants as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression.

It explained, in a statement, that the Israeli occupation’s bombing of sewage lines and their flooding leads to a health and environmental catastrophe, especially the Sheikh Radwan Pool, whose level has reached a critical level, due to the accumulation of rainwater and the leakage of wastewater into it.

It pointed out that some areas suffer from a lack of containers, and residents of other areas experience a complete disruption of waste collection services during the raids, stressing the need for urgent intervention to improve waste management and ensure continuity of service, and for the international community to pay attention to the situation in Jenin Governorate and provide the necessary support to improve the infrastructure. It ensures the provision of basic services to citizens in the face of these humanitarian challenges.