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People walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, February 18, 2025
ISRAEL’S assault on Gaza has destroyed 1,675 kilometres of water and sanitation networks over the past 15 months, Oxfam said today.
The charity found that in the North Gaza and Rafah governorates, people have access to less than 7 per cent of water they could expect before the escalation.
Oxfam says this amounts to just 5.7 litres a day per person, barely enough for a single toilet flush.
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
For those in the West, hunger is often just the familiar feeling of a growling stomach between meals — in Gaza, it has become a strategic weapon of slow, systematic and deadly destruction, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
