Could desalination solve Gaza's water woes? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Iyad Qatrawi

Iyad Qatrawi

Nov 2, 2015

A Palestinian boy squirts water from a tap in the street on March 20, 2014 as the construction of a major seawater desalination plant launched by the European Union (EU) and UNICEF began in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Only 5.8% of households in Gaza have a good water supply suitable for consumption according to a statement released by the Palestinian Central Beureau of statistics on the occasion of World water day. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Get — A Palestinian boy squirts water from a tap in the street, as the construction of a major seawater desalination plant launched by the European Union (EU) and UNICEF begins in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, March 20, 2014. — Getty Images/Mohammed Abed

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Palestinians youths who fled their neighbourhood during the Israeli offensive, fetch water from a container after returning to their damaged home in the Beit Hanoun area during a 72-hour ceasefire, Gaza City, August 11, 2014. Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo on Monday to meet with Egyptian mediators who are holding talks on ending a month-old Gaza war between Israel and Palestinian militants, sources at the airport and foreign ministry said. The two sides agreed on Sunday to a new 72-hour ceasefire to

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Mohammed Othman

Mohammed Othman

A man holds a bottle filled with water from the Gaza Strip that is unsuitable for drinking during an event in Gaza City on June 14, 2012 as fifty international organizations and UN agencies urged Israel to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip to mark the fifth anniversary of the strengthening of that measure after the takeover of the Palestinian territory by Hamas. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/GettyImages)

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Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict