The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it will establish 3 seawater desalination plants in the Gaza Strip, where water shortage has deepened due to Israel’s attacks and blockade.
In the news of the UAE official agency WAM, it was stated that water purification facilities will be established in Gaza within the scope of the “Valiant Horseman 3” operation, which was launched under the instructions of President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
It was noted that 3 seawater treatment plants, each with a capacity of 200 thousand gallons per day, planned to be established in Rafah city in the south of the Gaza Strip, are expected to benefit 300 thousand people daily.
One of the humanitarian problems that most affects the people of Gaza during Israel’s occupation of Gaza, which continues with violent attacks, is access to clean water.
It was announced that the UAE would also establish a comprehensive field hospital in the Gaza Strip within the scope of the “Brave Horseman 3” operation launched on November 5.
It was previously announced that the UAE would provide 20 million dollars of emergency aid to Palestine and that all medical needs of 1000 children from Gaza would be provided in public hospitals in the UAE until they recovered and returned to their country.
Latest situation in Israel’s occupation of Gaza
While Hamas’s armed wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, on the grounds that Israel was “responding to its continuous violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Masjid al-Aqsa”, the Israeli army also launched heavy air strikes against the Gaza Strip. started the bombardment.
It was announced that 1,200 Israelis, including more than 310 soldiers, died and 5,132 people were injured in the attacks in Israel on October 7. 51 Israeli soldiers were also killed in clashes within the Gaza Strip.
According to Israel, there are 239 Israeli prisoners in the hands of the Qassam Brigades.
According to the government in Gaza, 11,500 people, including 4,710 children and 3,160 women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli attacks since October 7.
197 Palestinians have lost their lives in attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem since October 7.
The Israeli army hit the campuses or main buildings of dozens of hospitals in Gaza, where tens of thousands of injured and civilians took shelter, to force their evacuation. They raided some hospitals during the occupation. Hundreds of people died and were injured in the attacks.
74 Hezbollah members and 6 Israeli soldiers died in the clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah at the border since October 8.
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