Water tanks were readied and given out in displacement zones with the Water Authority and Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 volunteers across southern Gaza….reports Asian Lite News
The UAE, through its humanitarian arm Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, continued a campaign to provide safe drinking water to displaced Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip.
Over 70,000 beneficiaries received water assistance in the war-torn Strip due to infrastructure damage.
Water tanks were readied and given out in displacement zones with the Water Authority and Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 volunteers across southern Gaza.
These tanks are filled daily to facilitate access to water for displaced families, given the difficulties and challenges faced by municipalities in Gaza, which hinder their ability to provide essential services, including water, to citizens, causing a humanitarian disaster.
In the first and second phases, the UAE sought to operate six desalination plants and deliver water to the displaced through supply lines in Rafah and Khan Yunis governorates. Tanks were installed in various southern areas, benefiting thousands of displaced people from the vital projects carried out by Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, the largest relief operation in the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, 13 tanks of safe drinking water are filled daily with an estimated quantity of 116,000 litres, along with several vehicles heading to areas where displaced families are located to facilitate their access to water.
Evacuees endure hostilities: ICRC
The Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to leave Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip are lacking essential services and experiencing hostilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
Over the last week, the communities in northern Gaza have endured increased fighting, the ICRC said on Thursday in a statement, adding that the evacuation orders affected thousands of families, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Israeli orders were often unclear, leading to confusion and fear among the residents, the statement noted.
“The grim reality in Gaza today is that nowhere is safe. The struggle to simply survive is robbing people of their dignity,” it added.
Israel’s military said on Wednesday that it dropped thousands of leaflets on Gaza City, urging all residents to leave immediately amid an intensified Israeli military offensive on the city.
Earlier this week, the Israeli army required tens of thousands of Palestinians living in 19 blocs in Gaza City to immediately evacuate, according to a report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
UN statistics estimated in early July that the number of people displaced within the Gaza Strip had risen to 1.9 million, or about nine out of 10 people in the enclave.
Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on October 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 others were taken hostage.
Ceasefire nowhere
Hamas said on Thursday that it has not received any new information from mediators regarding the ceasefire negotiations this week.
“We have not yet been informed by the mediator brothers of anything new regarding the negotiations with the aim of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange,” said Hamas in a statement.
The Gaza-ruling faction accused Israel of continuing the policy of procrastination to gain time to thwart this round of negotiations, as it did in previous rounds, adding that “this does not deceive the Palestinian people and their resistance.”
On Wednesday, a meeting between Egyptian, Qatari, US and Israeli delegations was held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to push towards reaching a ceasefire between the two warring parties, reports Xinhua news agency.
For months, mediators from Egypt and Qatar, have been trying to broker an agreement to end the conflict in Gaza that has been going on for over nine months, and to return the more than 100 Israeli hostages still being held there.
Israel has been conducting a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 50 people and wounded 54 others across the enclave, bringing the total death toll to 38,345 and injuries to 88,295 since the onset of the conflict in early October 2023, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Thursday.
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