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The Water Crisis in Gaza: A Deepening Humanitarian Emergency

The ongoing conflict and subsequent blockade imposed by Israel have entered a critical phase, severely impacting the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Recently, Israel has stopped electricity to a vital desalination plant that provides drinking water to nearly half a million people in central and southern Gaza. This decision has drawn sharp criticism from Hamas, which has labeled the move as "cheap and unacceptable blackmail."