Israel opens Dam so Gaza submerges

[mgt23]

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http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/g ... -submerges

[abduLMaria]

i recently heard someone say that the goal is to make life in Palestine as intolerable as possible for the Palestinians.

well, flooding the concentration camp is consistent with that goal.  which unfortunately is what the Gaza is, a place of restricted movement, unliveable conditions, and no opportunity for self-improvement (education, farming, etc.)

http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/g ... -submerges

"Israel opens Dam so Gaza submerges

Gaza, January 19, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Many Palestinian houses were under water in Central Gaza after Israel opened a closed dam on Tuesday.

Israeli authorities opened the "Al-Wadi" dam without prior notice after heavy rainfall on the area.

Seventy citizens were rescued by Civil defense staffs. Medical sources said that 9 citizens were injured and transferred to Gaza hospitals.

They said that rescue teams rushed to the area and evacuated all the residents who live in distance of 500-600m in Al-Moghraqa, central Gaza Strip.

The minister of Social Affairs Ministry in Gaza, Ahmed Al-Kord, said that they opened Kafer Yasef School for 100 evacuated families. He added that the ministry provided them with the need supplies of food and sheets."


that PalTelegraph looks like a good website.  like it's maybe not Zionist run, it's real news.

[MikeWB]

i recently heard someone say that the goal is to make life in Palestine as intolerable as possible for the Palestinians.

No man... they just want it to be the Venice of the Middle East. It's the democracy in action.

[mgt23]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=99d_1263937224
Dozens of homes flooded after heavy rains in Gaza

Rising waters destroy or damage more than 100 homes in low-lying farming area south of Gaza City mostly inhabited by Bedouins. Hamas-run government working to evacuate residents

AFP Published: 01.19.10, 19:55 / Israel News




Dozens of homes and farms south of Gaza City were inundated by flood waters as heavy rains drenched parts of the Middle East, Palestinian officials and witnesses More.. said on Tuesday.



The rising waters destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes in Wadi Gaza, a low-lying farming area south of Gaza City mostly inhabited by Bedouins, as the Islamist Hamas-run government worked to evacuate residents, they said.

"The flood sounded like an airplane," said Murazaq al-Rash, 38, who clung to his door to stay afloat after his house and his family's 85 goats were swept away. "The whole area was flooded and it surrounded us."



He and several family members were later rescued by neighbors in a small fishing boat before being brought to a nearby hospital in a donkey cart.



The mayor of the area, Faiz Jarrada, said it was the most powerful flash flood in at least 27 years. "If the guys had not been here with fishing boats dozens of people would have died," he said.



The flooding cut off roads linking Gaza City to the south of the impoverished territory for several hours, and a highway bridge was washed away as waters rose to three metres (more than nine feet) in places.



At least 12 people were injured in the flooding, according to Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services.



Mohammed al-Agha, agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government in Gaza, warned of a "humanitarian disaster."



"The flooding of Wadi Gaza endangers the lives of citizens because there are built-up homes, farmlands and livestock pens that are completely flooded," he said.



Yussef al-Mansi, the housing and public works minister, said the government had declared a state of emergency in the area.



Chickens, beds washed away
The infrastructure of the impoverished territory of 1.5 million people has been strained by Israeli border closures tightened after Hamas seized power in 2007 that prevent the import of most construction materials and spare parts.



Entire communities in Gaza remain in ruins from the massive Israeli offensive launched on the territory a little over a year ago, and many of the flood victims feared they too would be unable to rebuild.



"The chickens were washed away, and the flour and our beds," said Salma Ahmed, 45, one of more than 200 people who gathered at a nearby school.



"We have nothing left. Are we going to become like the people whose houses were destroyed in the war?"




In Israel, two people were killed after their jeep was swept away by flash floods in the southern Negev desert on Monday. An Israeli army rescue team recovered one of the bodies on Tuesday, the military said.



The deluge came as the Jewish state, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean experienced unusually heavy winter storms.



In neighboring Egypt at least seven people died in flash floods and heavy rains on Monday, with the bad weather battering namely the Sinai peninsula and the south of the country, officials there said.

[bigwaga]

First they deprive them of water , now they giving them more than the need.

The Israelis are so loving. What next, a nuclear bomb to warm their homes.

feck!