“Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water” is the title of a 179-page report issued by Human Rights Watch. This has occurred by cutting off or restricting piped water into Gaza, disabling water and sanitation infrastructure by restricting fuel and cutting electricity, destroying such infrastructure directly, and by preventing the entry into Gaza of necessary water equipment and supplies.
“Water is essential for human life, yet for over a year the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the bare minimum they need to survive,” said Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human Rights Watch. “This isn’t just negligence; it is a calculated policy of deprivation that has led to the deaths of thousands from dehydration and disease that is nothing short of the crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide.”
