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July 3, 2024

Sewage Floods Khan Younis After Israeli Assault Decimates Sanitation System
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Palestinian health officials are warning of the spread of disease after
Israel's assault on Khan Younis destroyed water and sanitation
infrastructure, flooding entire neighborhoods with sewage and dirty
water. Resident Mohammed al-Bayouk said the disaster is threatening the
health of his children.

Mohammed al-Bayouk: "When the Israeli army entered Khan Younis, they
caused a lot of damage, and sewage flooded into homes. What you see here
is nothing. The greater suffering is what our children endure at home in
the stench of the sewage. … The smell has caused many diseases for our
children and little ones. We cough. We suffer from the bad smell.
Everything. Our children suffer from itching, bed bugs and other strange
things. We can't sleep at night because of the mosquitoes."



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