URGENT | Gaza Power Plant Forced off affecting lives of 1.7 Million People

 Friday November 08, 2013 01:57 by Palestinian Center for Human Rights – PCHR | IMEMC Humanitarian Conditions of Approximately 1.7 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Deteriorate The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of humanitarian conditions of the civilian population due to the aggravation of the electricity crisis […]

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Gaza wastewater treatment plant stops functioning

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 17, 2013 Gaza, Alray – After the running out of fuel supplies, the Minister of local government in Gaza Mohammed Al -Farra announced on Monday evening that the wastewater treatment plant stopped functioning and the municipalities are going to pump the sewage water into the sea . Al-Farra said on […]

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Sewage Hits drinking water in the refugee Camp of Shati

DRAH | Sept 2, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps) — The Palestinian refugees have been suffering since 65 years, when the Palestinians were plagued with NAKBA. Residents of the Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza, particularly people of the area of “Block 4” complained recently of pollution of drinking water with sewage. They also suffer […]

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#PHOTOS | Experimental chemical plant polluting Palestinian village in the Negev

Monday, 10 September, 2012 | 16:50 | Silwanic Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Silwanic has learnt that a private Israeli company is using lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Ne’am, north of Beer Sheba, for dangerous chemical experiments. An outdoor chemical plant approximately two kilometers from the village was visited by Silwanic journalists, who […]

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Gaza’s deadly drinking water

Al Qassam Website 16-06-2012,09:18 Gaza Strip – Gaza’s only fresh water source is now too dangerous to drink and is contaminated with fertiliser and human waste, according to a shocking new report from Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Save the Children. On the fifth anniversary of the blockade, Gaza’s Children; Falling Behind, reveals desperate […]

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Sit-in staged at Rafah terminal asking Egypt to end Gaza fuel, power crisis

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 04:26 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– Palestinian citizens and notables staged a sit-in at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on Saturday demanding an end to the fuel and power crisis. The participants hoisted placards asking Egypt to expedite sending fuel supplies, criticizing Cairo for delaying sending fuel shipments despite […]

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Hospitals in Gaza running out of medical supplies (Again!)

Palestinian patients undergo a dialysis treatment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on February 15, 2012. PressTV | Fri Mar 9, 2012 9:59AM GMT Infant incubators, dialysis machines, hematology laboratories, cardiac catheterization units, ICUs, in addition to diagnostic radiology units will be prone to the drug deficiency.” Ashraf al-Qader, director of Public Relations and Information […]

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Gaza health ministry: Hospital stock severely depleted

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity | Water | Communication [PIC 08/03/2012 – 09:36 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of health warned that the pharmaceutical crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip has aggravated very badly threatening the lives of all patients, affirming that only 186 types of medicines and […]

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Haneyya: Radical steps to be taken to solve Gaza power crisis

[ PIC 22/02/2012 – 01:15 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya said the problem of electricity in Gaza would be solved radically through certain mechanisms agreed upon with the Egyptian side. Premier Haneyya also discussed on Tuesday over the phone with head of the Islamic development bank some important issues especially with regard […]

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Egyptian Palestinian talks on Gaza’s power crisis

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity | Water | Communication [ PIC 10/02/2012 – 12:04 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– A responsible source at the Egyptian ministry of electricity and energy said that an Egyptian-Palestinian meeting will take place next week to discuss the power crises in the Gaza Strip and the […]

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Gaza: new technology eases water shortage, reduces health hazard

  21-03-2011 News Release 11/64 Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) – Large numbers of people living in the Gaza Strip remain at risk of contracting water-borne disease because of insufficient and poorly maintained wastewater treatment systems. See also TV news footage: Gazans struggle for access to clean water Only long-term development of the deteriorated water and sanitation sector […]

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