![Palestinians try to meet their daily water needs with clean water, distributed by tankers, as Israeli attacks deepen the humanitarian crisis in the en-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on August 25, 2025. [Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AA-20250825-38923707-38923659-WATER_CRISIS_CONTINUES_IN_GAZA_UNDER_ISRAELI_ATTACKS-1.jpg)
An Emirati-funded pipeline carrying desalinated water from Egypt into southern Gaza was inaugurated Thursday in Khan Younis city, offering rare relief to residents struggling with a near-total collapse of water networks under Israeli bombardment, Anadolu reports. The new line runs 6.7 kilometers from the Egyptian border along Gaza’s coastal road to Khan Younis. It will supply safe drinking water to displaced families in the overcrowded Mawasi district and to parts of Rafah. Omar Shatat, deputy head of the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, called the project the largest of its kind since the start of the Israeli war. He said the pipeline will allow an Emirati desalination plant in Egyptian Rafah, opened in February, to increase output to 10,000 cubic meters a […]
