Will Israel Lift the Blockade and Save Gaza from Drowning?
Dec-18-2013
Two deaths have been reported by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and hundreds suffered weather-related injuries
According to Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the rainfall led to a lot of excess water which couldn't drain away, so 'the Israeli authorities resorted to discharging the excess water into the Gaza Strip'. Photo Special to Salem-News.com
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(SALEM) - During the last six days, nearly 7,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the Gaza strip, forced to evacuate their homes due to heavy rains from the winter storm, called Alexa, which caused floods and torrents of raging water through the streets.
"Large swathes of northern Gaza are a disaster area with water as far as the eye can see. Areas around Jabalia have become a massive lake with two meter high waters engulfing homes and stranding thousands,” stated UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness (United Nations Relief and Works Agency).
