Israel Kills Four Engineers Working to Deliver Water to Gaza

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed four infrastructure engineers who were supplying water to a humanitarian organization in the Gaza Strip.

According to ABC News, Oxfam, a nonprofit consortium representing 21 nongovernmental organizations, called for an independent investigation into the killing of four water engineers in the eastern Gaza city of Khan Younis, who were on their way to repair water infrastructure.

According to Oxfam: “The technicians were working for an Oxfam partner organization and were carrying out their work in coordination with the Israeli authorities.

Despite prior coordination with the Israeli authorities, their clearly marked vehicle was struck.”

The United Nations funded the construction of a large water station in Khan Younis, which was built in 2017 to provide drinking water to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis and to provide livestock to many Gazans displaced by the war.

The plant has a production capacity of about 20,000 cubic meters per day, but it is currently producing only about 1,500 cubic meters due to the lack of electricity.

The Gaza Strip relies on Israel for most of the Strip’s electricity needs, which have been disrupted since the outbreak of the war.

According to Western aid agencies, the Israeli war on Gaza has caused a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, including food shortages, water shortages and the collapse of the sewage system.