Reuters news agency reports that Israel is planning to boost the electricity supply to a desalination plant in Gaza so it is able to produce more water for people in the besieged enclave.
Israel will directly supply electricity to the water desalination facility in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to an Israeli plan, the details of which were shown to Reuters.
The move comes amid growing international pressure to stop the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza that has left millions with scarce food and water, and as aid agencies warn that famine is imminent in large swaths of the Palestinian enclave.
The desalination facility, established with UN funding in 2017 to provide drinking water to the Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and al-Mawasi areas, has a capacity of 20,000 cubic metres of water per day but produces only 1,500 cubic metres today due to electricity shortages amid Israel’s war on the territory.
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