National Society for Democracy and the law condemns the feet of the occupation to open a dam and Wadi Gaza

19/1/2010
 

Condemned the National Assembly for Democracy and Law in Rafah and hard, feet on the Israeli side to open one of the levees and the valley leading to the central Gaza Strip, without warning, leading to the flooding water in the region completely, causing the displacement of tens of Palestinian families.
The General mentioned the opening of the dam, which flooded dozens of homes and left more than 50 families and destroyed agricultural land and property, constitutes a new crime added to the series of Israeli crimes and violations continued, the right of citizens in the Gaza Strip, which suffers from acute shortage of the siege and the various aspects of the long - life, loaded at the same time Israel fully responsible for the safety of the people of the region, and all the effects and negative consequences suffered by them.
The association demanded that the international community to break their silence and move to stop the daily violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip. They also stress that the continued policy of preventing the natural flow of water into the Gaza Strip, under the acute shortage of drinking water sector, which suffered years ago constitutes a serious violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and international human rights.
It should be noted that a similar incident occurred when a dam burst of water, on the Nahal Oz crossing by about nine years and destroyed hundreds of acres of cultivated land and chicken farms, cattle and farmhouses.