In the video, the soldiers appear to rig explosive charges at a waterworks in Rafah, after which parts of the facility explode.
The video is said to have been shared on social media by a soldier serving with the Israeli engineering troops. That according to the Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi, who published several videos and screenshots from the account. The account is now private and cannot be accessed.
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The waterworks “Canada well” supplied 100,000 people with water before the war, according to it Palestinian Water Authority.
The facility has been built, among other things, with the help of Canadian and Japanese aid.
Completely without water
The majority of Rafah’s residents have left the city, after the Israeli army (IDF) launched an invasion of the area in May.
– Now there is no water plant that can convey water to the residents who are still left in central and eastern Rafah, says Munther Shublaq, head of the Palestinian water authority to SVT.
– Even if there is only one person left in the area, they have the right to water, he continues.
According to it Israeli newspaper Haaretz The IDF is investigating the incident as a suspected violation of international law. SVT has sought the Israeli military.
Previously have IDF justified attacks against water facilities with the claim that Hamas stores weapons and ammunition in or near the facilities.
In a Oxfam report Israel is criticized for using “water as a weapon of war”, among other things they refer to what they call the “systematic destruction” of water facilities.
“Far worse than you see on TV”
A review published by the BBC in May showed that more than half of all water facilities in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed.
– The infrastructure has suffered from large-scale destruction. The availability of water decreases after each attack, which means that families and children have to look for other ways to get water, water that is often dirty, putting them at risk, said Salim Oweis, spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa for Unicef, which is on site in Deir al-Balah in Gaza.
Salim Oweis adds that there is now a risk of seeing a spread of polio.
– The situation is appalling on the ground, it is far worse than what you see on TV.
See SVT’s review of the soldiers’ clips in the video above.