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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 06 July 2021. Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City.

  1. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Anwar el-Jondi.
  2. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sadi Ali
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 06 July 2021. Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Anwar el-Jondi. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sadi Ali STORYLINE: The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply is unfit for drinking and even agricultural use. Its coastal aquifer is extremely saline and is drying up because of overuse. The overpopulated coastal enclave needs up to 220 million cubic meters of water a year, and over 90 percent of the population rely on desalinated water. The Gaza Strip is facing a worsening water crisis that could render it unsuitable for living within a few years if the aid projects are not implemented, according to a recent UN report. Israel has been imposing a tight blockade on Gaza since 2007. This crisis distresses most of the families who live below the poverty line in the coastal enclave and suffer from difficult economic conditions due to the 14-year Israeli blockade. Many families in similar conditions rely on charity organizations that set up water stations to distribute this daily basic that has become a commodity in Gaza. There are about 220 private desalination plants in the strip, 70 percent of which are unlicensed and unattended and offer products below the required quality, according to Ahmed Helles, an environmental expert from Gaza. Footage by APAwire

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Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
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Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
Palestinian workers work inside a water desalination plant in Gaza City on July 06, 2021. The Gaza Strip suffers from an acute lack of water for human and agricultural use. Currently, 90 percent of its main water supply...
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