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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damien Gayle

How bombings, blockades and import bans caused Gaza’s water system to crumble

A girl holds two water bottles and people fill up bottles and buckets from a water station behind her
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees providing water for displaced people. Since Saturday, limited amounts of bottled water have entered Gaza in aid convoys. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

On the day Israel’s energy minister announced a total blockade of Gaza’s water and power, Matanel Laiany, an Israeli actor, took to Instagram.

He posted a reel of water gushing from his luxury mixer tap, cool drinking water pouring from his refrigerator into a beaker until it overflowed, Israel’s television news glimmering from his vast flatscreen television, and his lights turning on and off, over and over, as he repeatedly flicked the switch with a grin.

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