Gaza a "water and environmental disaster area"

" "Because of the Israeli bombardment of the infrastructure, there is a lack of water across the Gaza Strip," he said. Most residents suffered water shortages even before the war, but now Monzer Shoblak, an official from the local water board, said war damage meant that Gaza was pumping 50 percent less water. Shoblak's water authority declared Gaza a "water and environmental disaster area." "