GAZA, July 28, 2011, (WAFA)- A decades-old agricultural water well was destroyed in an Israeli military airstrike, which also injured seven people, including four children, this week in Beit Hanoun, a town north of the Gaza Strip, said an Oxfam weekly report between July 17 and 23.
The airstrike happened on July 17 at around 3:00 am, and also damaged water tanks serving up to 60 people in the neighborhood.
The Emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene group (EWASH), a coalition of 30 humanitarian organizations in the occupied Palestinian territory including Oxfam, has documented the destruction caused by the Israeli airstrike.
“This is not the first time this year that Israeli airstrikes hit water and sanitation infrastructure,” said Ghada Snunu, EWASH’s advocacy task force officer in Gaza. “Last March, the Khuza’a municipality warehouse was hit by an airstrike destroying a large quantity of essential water and sanitation materials and spare parts to the value of over US$60,000. In April, the Al-Mintar water reservoir in Al-Quba area of Gaza City was also hit in an airstrike, leaving 30,000 people in eastern Gaza city with no water for three days.”
“Israel as the occupying power has to ensure that the Palestinians have access to essential services as required by international law. What we keep witnessing is the opposite – civilian infrastructure, particular water-related facilities, are often hit during Israeli airstrikes depriving people of indispensable services,” Snunu added. more
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