Gaza’s destroyed sewage system linked to ‘rare’ algae bloom shutting Israeli desalination plants: Five of Israel’s six water plants shut as scientists probe whether Gaza wastewater fuelled the bloom (Middle East Eye, 2026-09-05)middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-de———>> In an alarming development, the algae bloom spread along Israel's Mediterranean coast, disrupting seawater desalination plants that provide much of the country's drinking water [at least 65 percent], CNN reported, citing Mekorot, Israel's national water company.>> Gaza’s wastewater treatment system has been heavily damaged during the war, with some 40,000 cubic metres of untreated wastewater reportedly flowing into the sea each day, ...>> “In our case, I currently have no other explanation except a pollution source in the southern Gaza Strip,” [head of Ben-Gurion University’s Climate Change Laboratory Avner] Gross said to Ynet...#Gaza #palestine #Ecocide #ReapWhatYouSow @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com