After quake, communities in northern Israel told to boil drinking water

Illustrative: A bulldozer carries a new pipeline by Israel's national water company near Kibbutz Ravid, west of Sea of Galilee on March 16, 2022.(Menahem Kahana/AFP)
Illustrative: A bulldozer carries a new pipeline by Israel's national water company near Kibbutz Ravid, west of Sea of Galilee on March 16, 2022.(Menahem Kahana/AFP)

The Health Ministry tells residents of several communities in northern Israel to boil drinking water as a precaution in the wake of the earthquakes that rattled the region.

Residents of Dovev, Baram, Yiron, Sasa, Matat, Tzivon and Har Meron are told to boil water for drinking, cooking, preparing medicines and brushing teeth until further notice.

The ministry order comes a day after a similar call to communities in the Jordan valley, saying that the quake led to an increase in turbidity in the groundwater that is fed into the water system.

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