Israel has ordered an “immediate” cut to water supplied to the Gaza Strip, the energy minister said, as the country’s military bombed the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “I ordered to immediately cut off the water supply from Israel to Gaza. Electricity and fuel were cut off yesterday,” he said in a post on social media platform X.
Katz’s order came soon after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip, which receives about 10 percent of its annual water from Israel. Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline and monitors who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings.
Earlier today, Gallant said Israel is “putting a complete siege on Gaza.” “No electricity, no food, no water, no gas — it’s all closed,” Gallant said in a video message, referring to the enclave that is overcrowded with 2.3 million people.
