Stalin
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File under "Israel's right to defend itself"
No doubt St Francis of the pentagram can haul out some ancient irrelevant bible quote to justify this warcrime.
"..Israeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault on civilian water supplies in recent years, new research reveals.
Bombs, dogs, poison and heavy machinery were among the weapons used to attack Palestinians and their infrastructure at drinking water, irrigation and sanitation sites in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on at least 90 occasions between January 2024 and mid-2025, according to the Pacific Institute, a California-based nonpartisan thinktank tracking water conflicts.
In February 2024, Israeli snipers killed eight Palestinians collecting water near Naser hospital in Gaza, while in April Israeli airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City killed and injured 100 people, and destroyed five mobile latrines and a solar-powered desalination unit that were installed in October 2024 as part of an EU-funded project.
An estimated 90% of water and sanitation facilities in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged by direct attacks as military targets, or are inaccessible to Palestinians as they are located in areas blocked by the Israeli army. These actions have contributed to a public health catastrophe, according to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
“Such practices in Gaza, but also in other armed conflicts such as Sudan, constitute violations of international law, and have been documented as patterns of behaviour that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, that in the case of Gaza in particular, are an important part of a genocidal strategy,” said Arrojo.
“Israel has systematically used water to displace and segregate the Palestinian population in their own territories, illegally occupied since 1967, as part of its strategy of apartheid and progressive colonization,” he added.
In the occupied West Bank in April, a group of Israeli settlers in the village of Bardalah destroyed irrigation pipelines on Palestinian-owned properties, while on the same day, other settlers damaged a water pipeline in the nearby village of Khirbat.
In July, Israel killed at least 10 Palestinians at a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, six of them children, injuring another 16 amid critical levels of famine and dehydration that forced people to travel long distances in search of food and water. The attack is part of a growing pattern that has left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead while trying to access basic food and water aid.
In July, a group of UN experts warned that Israel was using “thirst as a weapon to kill Palestinians”.
www.theguardian.com
comrade stalin
gaza
No doubt St Francis of the pentagram can haul out some ancient irrelevant bible quote to justify this warcrime.
"..Israeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault on civilian water supplies in recent years, new research reveals.
Bombs, dogs, poison and heavy machinery were among the weapons used to attack Palestinians and their infrastructure at drinking water, irrigation and sanitation sites in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on at least 90 occasions between January 2024 and mid-2025, according to the Pacific Institute, a California-based nonpartisan thinktank tracking water conflicts.
In February 2024, Israeli snipers killed eight Palestinians collecting water near Naser hospital in Gaza, while in April Israeli airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City killed and injured 100 people, and destroyed five mobile latrines and a solar-powered desalination unit that were installed in October 2024 as part of an EU-funded project.
An estimated 90% of water and sanitation facilities in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged by direct attacks as military targets, or are inaccessible to Palestinians as they are located in areas blocked by the Israeli army. These actions have contributed to a public health catastrophe, according to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
“Such practices in Gaza, but also in other armed conflicts such as Sudan, constitute violations of international law, and have been documented as patterns of behaviour that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, that in the case of Gaza in particular, are an important part of a genocidal strategy,” said Arrojo.
“Israel has systematically used water to displace and segregate the Palestinian population in their own territories, illegally occupied since 1967, as part of its strategy of apartheid and progressive colonization,” he added.
In the occupied West Bank in April, a group of Israeli settlers in the village of Bardalah destroyed irrigation pipelines on Palestinian-owned properties, while on the same day, other settlers damaged a water pipeline in the nearby village of Khirbat.
In July, Israel killed at least 10 Palestinians at a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, six of them children, injuring another 16 amid critical levels of famine and dehydration that forced people to travel long distances in search of food and water. The attack is part of a growing pattern that has left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead while trying to access basic food and water aid.
In July, a group of UN experts warned that Israel was using “thirst as a weapon to kill Palestinians”.
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
comrade stalin
gaza
