2024-07-31 16:27:31
Israeli armored soldiers blew up a main water tank in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in what is suspected to be a “violation of international law,” Israeli media reported.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said that the Israeli soldiers blew up the water tank with the approval of their commanders, but without the approval of the Southern Command.
One soldier posted a video on social media, describing it as a “tribute to the Sabbath.” The Israeli newspaper said the army would decide whether to open an official investigation into the matter.
According to reports, the soldiers belong to the 401st Brigade of the Israeli army, and they blew up the water tank, which is located in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood near the humanitarian areas that the army has designated as safe, with explosive devices.
It is noteworthy that the Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme funded the tank, which was a source of potable water for the displaced people in Rafah city, in 2018.
The water tank is located in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, near humanitarian areas that the army has designated as safe. Despite this, one of the soldiers filmed the water tank being blown up and said it was a tribute to Saturday.
The capacity of the blown-up tank, which was funded in 2018 by the Japanese government and has a capacity of three thousand cubic meters, was the source of drinking water for the residents of the Strip who were displaced to the city of Rafah, before the Israeli forces penetrated the city in the southern part of the Strip.
On the other hand, the Palestinian Ministry of Education said that the Israeli army completely destroyed 286 out of 307 school buildings and 31 buildings belonging to Palestinian universities in Gaza.
Today, Monday, the daily statistical report on the number of victims of the ongoing Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip for the 297th day stated that the Israeli army “committed 3 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 39 martyrs and 93 injuries arriving at hospitals” during the past twenty-four hours.
This brings the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip to 39,363 and injuries to 90,923 since October 7.
There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
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2024-07-31 16:27:31