Gaza Health Ministry: 90 Percent of Families Facing Severe Water insecurity

The Gaza Strip authorities, controlled by the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement, have denounced on Wednesday that more than 25 percent of the water samples taken in the Palestinian enclave are "contaminated" in the midst of the military offensive launched by Israel following the attacks of October 7, 2023.

Gaza Health Ministry: 90 Percent of Families Facing Severe Water insecurity

Gaza’s health ministry has warned that 90 percent of the families in the war-battered Palestinian territory are facing severe water insecurity, with more than 25 percent of tested water samples found to be contaminated. In a statement on Wednesday, the health ministry said that water contamination in Gaza led to the spread of numerous diseases among the citizens. The health ministry pointed out that the rising summer temperatures further increas…

Whether Agger-, Bever, Brucher- or Lingesetalsperre: All four invite us to swim in the Bergische at rising temperatures. In order to guarantee a really undisturbed bathing pleasure, the Oberbergische Kreis carries out water samples at the designated bathing sites from now on.