What is Israel allowing into Gaza? ‘Nothing’, UN says
UN spokesperson Dujarric says humanitarian aid has not entered Gaza for nine consecutive days as a result of the Israeli siege.
Israel is also blocking fuel, heavy equipment and mobile homes from entering the territory.
Asked what Israel is allowing into Gaza, Dujarric said: “Nothing. I mean there’s been no goods coming in, no trucks coming in.”
UN warns of ‘dire consequences’ as Israel cuts power to Gaza
Seif Magango, spokesman for the UN human rights office, has told the AFP news agency that Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza is “very concerning”.
“With no electricity and with fuel being blocked, Gaza’s remaining water desalination plants, healthcare facilities, and bakeries are at risk of eventually shutting down, with dire consequences for civilians,” Magango said.
He said that as the occupying power, Israel had a legal obligation to ensure the provision of the necessities of life for Palestinians living under its control.
“In addition, blocking access to the necessities of life for civilians intended to pressure a party to an armed conflict through hardship imposed on the civilian population as a whole raises serious concerns of collective punishment,” the spokesman added.
Desalination plant generators ‘could stop working at any time’
Ahmed Alrobai, the head manager of the South Gaza Desalination Plant, has warned of the dangers following Israel’s cut in the electricity supply to the vital facility, which could deprive hundreds of thousands of people of clean water.
“Now we depend on generators that are not in the best condition because they have been operating since the war broke out,” he said.
“They haven’t been maintained properly due to a lack of necessary spare parts and therefore these generators could stop working at any time.”
Half a million people without access to drinking water.
A very difficult situation is emerging across the central area of Gaza with about half a million people without proper access to drinking water after Israel’s decision to cut off power to the vital desalination plant.
The only alternative that they have here is to resort to the seawater, which is very salty and not appropriate for human consumption.
Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, the Israeli military cut off the entire supply over the Gaza Strip.
It was not until June 2024 when international organisations raised concerns about the stagnation of sewage and water in the streets, which threatened the safety of many people, that the Israeli military rewired and connected this power line from the border line into the central area.
Blocking aid and power ‘further evidence of Israel’s genocide’: Amnesty
Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to a plant that provides drinking water to Palestinians.
“Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant, a week after it halted the entry of all humanitarian aid and commercial supplies, including fuel and food, violates international humanitarian law and is further evidence of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip,” the group said in a social media post.
The UN’s Genocide Convention defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”, including killings and measures to prevent births.
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