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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 526

Water shortage

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani speaks to the press at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2024. (Drew Angerer/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 4:23 pm
Attack on Iran’s atomic sites would contaminate Gulf water supply, Qatar PM says
Gulf leader warns against ‘any kind of military step’ after Trump threatens strike on Islamic Republic’s nuclear program should its leaders spurn negotiations
By Agencies
Palestinians line up to obtain drinking water during its distribution in the tents of the displaced, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on June 10, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 1:25 pm
Rights group claims Gaza water scarcity is ‘act of genocide’; Israel: ‘Blood libel’
Human Rights Watch report accuses Israel of deliberately damaging water and sanitation sites amid war on Hamas; Jerusalem rejects ‘appalling’ charge, notes steps to ensure supply
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Displaced Palestinians sit by tents across from a garbage dump in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 13, 2024, 12:11 pm
Disease without borders: Massive piles of garbage in Gaza also threaten Israel
Experts say even drinking water in Ashdod could be contaminated by toxic buildup from hundreds of untreated trash heaps, after Gaza’s waste removal system paralyzed by war
By Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
Israeli startup Wint develops water leakage detection technology operated by an intelligence data system. (Courtesy)
August 10, 2023, 6:12 pm
Israeli smart water leak detection startup raises $35 million from funding round
Wint develops a water meter using machine learning to detect and stop leaks before they cause major damage; funding co-led by US VC Insight Partners and European climate tech fund
By Sharon Wrobel
Settlers from Yitzhar walk away from a fire started on fields belonging to the Palestinian village of Burin on July 29, 2023. (Screen capture/Yesh Din)
July 29, 2023, 6:51 pm
Settlers from flashpoint West Bank settlement said to torch Palestinian field
COGAT changes enforcement policy against illegally dug Palestinians wells, after Israel panned over video showing one serving hamlets not connected to grid being filled with cement
By ToI Staff
Fishermen sail in a boat in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, as the sun sets over Iraq's southern city of Basra on October 30, 2022. (Hussein FALEH / AFP)
November 7, 2022, 6:33 am
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river is drying up
Drought has shrunken the watercourse that is crucial to the region’s agriculture; ecological awareness remains low among Iraq’s general public
By Aymen HENNA
Nina Gordon-Kirsch hikes near Salt Springs in California on July 14, 2022. (Courtesy/ Sky Richards)
October 16, 2022, 2:46 am
Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source
Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey
By Melanie Lidman
Iranians gather during a protest to voice their anger after their province's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion, in the central city of Isfahan, on November 19, 2021. (Fatmeh Nasr / ISNA / AFP)
September 8, 2022, 7:28 pm
Iran says it arrested 25 people protesting water shortages last month
Islamic Republic faces increasing levels of drought contributing to a lack of drinking water and sparking fears of future environmental crises
By AFP
This frame grab from video taken on Aug. 8, 2018, provided by Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, shows the edge of a massive hole caused by drought and excessive water pumping in Kabudarahang, in Hamadan province, western Iran. (ISNA via AP)
August 25, 2022, 1:20 pm
Lack of drinking water spurs mass protests in western Iran
Local media reports hundreds taking to the streets in latest rally in drought-stricken area
By AFP
A dam built in the 1960's by the Department of Antiquities, and the ancient Mudlim tunnel, both built to protect the area from flooding, in Petra, Jordan, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Laure Van Ruymbeke)
April 27, 2022, 9:11 pm
Activists work to battle land degradation in water-scarce Jordan
As UN report warns of vast global deterioration of land, local initiative introduces four native plants to 10,000 acres of desert in the Sabha reserve east of Amman
By OMAR AKOUR and WANJOHI KABUKURU
This file photo taken on October 23, 2020 shows a view of the Abdelmoumen dam, some 60 kilometres from Morocco's coastal city of Agadir. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
March 23, 2022, 1:51 pm
Morocco fears severe water shortages amid worst drought in 40 years
Minister says decline in supply is result of environmental factors, high demand and over-exploitation of groundwater for farming, with reservoirs at just 11% of annual average
By Ismail Bellaouali
In this file photo taken on July 23, 2021, dead almond trees lie in an open field after they were removed by a farmer because of a lack of water to irrigate them, in Huron, California, a town in the drought-stricken Central Valley. (Robyn Beck / AFP)
February 15, 2022, 10:29 am
Western US climate-fueled drought is the worst in 1,200 years, researchers say
Last decade saw several states experience severe water shortages, triggering periodic restrictions on usage and even forcing some communities to import bottled water for drinking
By Marlowe HOOD
Protesters are seen in the dry bed of the Zayandehrud River, in the Iranian city of Isfahan, November 26, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
November 26, 2021, 2:47 pm
Iranian police fire tear gas at protesters demanding response to drought
Hundreds said to gather in Isfahan; separately, pipeline that transfers water to other provinces reported to be damaged
By AP
Syrian shepherds sit in the almost dried Duwaysat dam outside the town of al-Diriyah in Syria's northern Idlib province on November 9, 2021. (Photo by Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)
November 11, 2021, 11:47 am
Vital Syria reservoir dries up for first time, endangering farmers’ livelihoods
Abandoned boats and animal skulls can be seen on lakebed at Duwaysat Dam, which has succumbed to extreme drought, pipe damage and continued use by struggling farmers
By AFP
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