Israel uses water as weapon of genocide in Gaza Strip, says Euro-Med

An international human rights organization says Israel is using water as another weapon of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by deliberately reducing the amount of water available to them, especially drinking water sources.

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a new press release issued on Thursday that the Tel Aviv regime is deliberately causing the deaths of more than 2.3 million people as part of its war of genocide.

The Euro-Med field team observed extensive damage to a desalination plant in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, following an Israeli strike. The attack killed a young man who was filling a gallon of water and injured several others.

The station, which provided services to at least 50,000 people in several nearby residential neighborhoods, suffered significant damage after being hit by an Israeli guided bomb that traveled through several floors and exploded on the first floor.

The statement stressed that residents of the Gaza Strip face significant challenges in accessing water as summer temperatures rise.

Estimates show that the share of water per capita in the Gaza Strip has decreased by 97% due to the massive destruction of water infrastructure. Due to the Israeli offensive, the share of water per capita in the territory has decreased by 3 to 15 liters per day.

Euro-Med stressed that the continued destruction and devastation by the Israeli army makes the Gaza Strip unlivable, especially after nine out of ten water reservoirs and half of the water networks were destroyed.

The Israeli regime has so far killed at least 38,011 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 87,445 others, since it launched its brutal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, according to the Gaza-based health ministry.

The occupying entity has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

The regime is accused of genocide by the International Court of Justice, which ordered Israel to immediately cease its military activities in Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians had taken refuge before the city was invaded on May 6.