Almost a fifth of people in Gaza do not have access to clean water after bombardment - Oxfam
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25 May 2021
Four hundred thousand people in Gaza – almost a fifth of the population - do not have access to a regular clean water supply after 11 days of bombardment devastated electricity and water services and severely affected the three main desalination plants in Gaza city, Oxfam warned today.
All of Gaza’s 2.1 million people have been affected by Israel’s bombing that took 240 lives, destroyed or damaged 258 buildings containing nearly 1,042 homes and commercial offices, and devastated vital public services. Around 100,000 Palestinians were displaced by the bombing and are attempting to return home. Even if their homes are still standing, life will not be normal.