Before the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza had three primary sources of water—desalination plants, three pipelines from Israel and wells. The conflict has disrupted them all, according to the United ...

The Gaza Strip’s only natural source of water is the Coastal Aquifer Basin, which runs along the eastern Mediterranean coast from the northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, through Gaza and into Israel.

A convoy of trucks carrying water, medical supplies and food entered Gaza from Egypt on Saturday for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas militants.

The Gaza Strip’s only natural source of water is the Coastal Aquifer Basin, which runs along the eastern Mediterranean coast from the northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, through Gaza and into Israel.

There are no alternatives – no rivers or valleys in the Gaza Strip to halt the water crisis.” Ahel agreed the desperate situation was being amplified by the 14-year Israeli siege of Gaza .

At least 2.23 million people live in the Gaza Strip, according to the U.N., many of them displaced after leaving or being driven from Israel during its War of Independence and subsequent conflicts.

The Gaza Strip explained in maps. The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, has been under an Israeli-imposed land, sea and air blockade for the past 16 years.

However, he explains, the water problem in the Gaza Strip is more serious than that: “Indeed there is an over-exploitation of the aquifer in the Gaza Strip. This is because the coastal aquifer, which ...

The temporary truce between Israel and Hamas that began on November 24 has afforded Gaza a brief respite from Israeli bombardments. The latest conflict broke out on October 7 after Hamas gunmen ...

Israel has bulldozed large areas of Gaza — including beachfronts, farmland, forests and homes — to make fortified positions for military vehicles as they advance across the enclave. Despite ...