In parts of Gaza City, raw sewage pouring into the streets has forced some residents to travel by boat.
Facing an already dire shortage of expensive gas from Israel, Gaza was forced to shut down its only power plant earlier this month after Egypt closed its Rafah border and began to destroy tunnels used to smuggle fuel. Since then, several feet of sewage water has poured into Gaza’s biggest city.
“It’s like the canals of Venice in Gaza City,” Majed Abusalama, a Gazan human rights activist, told The Huffington Post on Thursday. “But with rivers of sewage.”
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