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Children lacking potable water are vulnerable to malnutrition, diarrhea, and stunted physical and cognitive development, even death. Agriculture is also harmed, both its quality, quantity and safety.
Under siege, essential materials and equipment needed to improve water quality, safety, and taste are banned, including pumps, pipes, generators, computers, cement and other construction items, as well as enough fuel, chloride, and spare parts. The ability to rehab infrastructure and wastewater treatment facilities is also prevented, Israel's bogus easing doing nothing to relieve Gaza's growing humanitarian crisis, one the Netanyahu government wants intensified, not relieved, part of his slow-motion genocide agenda against all Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.
A Final Note
On August 22, the IDF named Major-General Yoav Galant as new chief of staff, succeeding Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi who'll step down in February, tainted by scandal over charges of hiring a publicist to smear a rival candidate, police and Defense Minister Ehud Barak calling them untrue, but the damage apparently was done.
As head of Israel's Southern Command, Galant ran Cast Lead, responsible for extensive war crimes over a 23-day rampage of disproportionate slaughter and destruction, mainly against non-combatants, infrastructure unrelated to military necessity, and other civilian targets.
He embraces the Dahiya Doctrine, named after the Beirut suburb destroyed in the 2006 Lebanon war through similar disproportionate destruction to achieve military and political objectives.
During Cast Lead, Galant wanted to "send Gaza decades into the past," with no regard for international law or the safety and welfare of non-combatants. Next February, he'll perhaps lead it against all Palestinians and other regional targets, embracing the same strategy used on Gazans.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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