sewage

“This place doesn’t exist to the world”

Noor Alyacoubi 12 June 2025

Space is scarce in Gaza, and people are setting up tents in areas once thought uninhabitable. Read more about “This place doesn’t exist to the world”

Amjad Ayman Yaghi 12 November 2024

Lack of proper toilets and sewage systems causing rapid rise in spread of infectious diseases. Read more about Absorption pits necessary but hazardous for Gaza’s displaced

Iman Abo Qamar 5 July 2024

Appliances are only good for hide and seek. Water is a luxury. Electricity, a distant memory. Read more about The daily struggles of life under attack

Anonymous 4 November 2022

Winter rains bring sewage disasters. Read more about Gaza's cesspools

Tamara Nassar 17 October 2017

Headlines from hurricane stricken Puerto Rico are familiar to Palestinians living under Israeli siege. Read more about Colonialism links catastrophes in Puerto Rico and Gaza

Sarah Algherbawi Gaza Strip 20 June 2017

Sewage has left half of Gaza’s beaches unfit for swimming. Read more about Life in a septic tank

Clare Maxwell 31 August 2016

Palestinian Authority inaction leaves residents with no recourse and vulnerable to disease. Read more about West Bank villagers suffer from sewer politics

Maureen Clare Murphy 11 April 2016

Only 3,000 out of 18,000 destroyed homes have been rebuilt. Read more about Tens of thousands still displaced in Gaza

Ali Abunimah 13 August 2014

Technician Zeyad Al Shawi died injuries he suffered during an Israeli airstrike as he opened valves to supply water people in Rafah, southern Gaza. Read more about Water disaster hits every single person in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 February 2014

Activist and journalist Eva Bartlett talks about the impact of the Israel-Egypt siege on the economic, agricultural and humanitarian situation in Gaza. Read more about Video: Constant drones over Gaza "is psychological warfare"