"There are two reasons that led to the water crisis. One is that the Israeli army tanks destroyed the major water pipes that supply large areas in the Gaza Strip".
The other reason is that Israel has been closing down all its border crossings with the Gaza Strip and it has not allowed fuels into the enclave for about three weeks, leaving the strip no fuel to operate most of its water pumps.
"Forty percent of the Gaza Strip water sources are not working," said Shublaq, adding that "we were producing on a daily basis 220,000 cubic meters of water; now we only pump 100,000 cubic meters everyday".
The Israeli government denies permits to Palestinians to dig new wells on their own land. This is an old practice that means once a well is dry, there is no more water. Inside Israeli settlements the drilling is free-flowing as it notable from a distance in the greenery.
Israel controls 80 percent of Palestinian water resources. Israel policy is to control the water in Palestine. And it includes the destruction of large parts of the water utilities, such as the demolition of wells and the destruction of irrigation systems and reservoirs and water lines in the West Bank.
This results in a major deficit in the underground reservoir, and the increasing suffering of some of the population for access to drinking water on a daily basis.Israel's destruction of the water supply for many Palestinian cities added to the salt content of the well water in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which has also led to a decline in agricultural production.
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