Middle East Water Forum

Founder: Dr. Hazim El-Naser
MEWF TV
Water crisis may make Gaza Strip uninhabitable by 2020
Published: 31st January 2019

 

In the Gaza Strip, 97 percent of freshwater is unsuitable for human consumption, and raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea. Facilities for desalinating and treating water function on only a limited basis, as Israel controls the flow of fuel and supplies into the region. But Israelis, too, could face consequences from contaminated water. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.