# Destroyed desalination plant worsens Gaza’s drinking water crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/40710

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-01 16:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/9/1/destroyed-desalination-plant-worsens-gazas-drinking-water-crisis?traffic_source=rss

> After Israel bombed a newly built desalination plant on August 24, displaced families in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood have been forced to travel long distances for water again. The facility operated for about two months, supplying free desalinated water to 17 shelters and collective centres before its destruction deepened Gaza’s wider drinking-water crisis.

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