https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4792fe5c-da3f-461b-b3a2-6aa78f4e44ff The Jabalia municipality in the northern Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse following repeated Israeli assaults and an ongoing siege on the Palestinian enclave, local officials have warned. Last month, Israeli forces bombed the municipality’s main garage and other critical infrastructure, compounding the earlier destruction of its headquarters during the initial stages of the war in 2023. The garage – used for parking, supplying and repairing ambulances, refuse lorries, and other essential municipal vehicles – had already been partially destroyed in earlier strikes. Despite this, staff had continued operations with severely limited resources. Following the most recent attack, however, “we are nearing total paralysis – a health and infrastructure catastrophe,” said Saadi al-Dabbour, director of public relations at Jabalia municipality, speaking to Middle East Eye. Gaza’s municipalities are responsible for lifesaving services, including clean water distribution, wastewater drainage, solid waste disposal, market regulation, and road clearance – all of which are essential and cannot be suspended or delayed. Jabalia municipality serves a population of 240,000 people, including 110,000 crowded into just 18 square kilometres in what is considered one of the most densely populated refugee camps in the world. According to al-Dabbour, one of the most severe crises is the acute lack of water, following the destruction of over 70 percent of water pipelines and wells in northern Gaza by Israeli bombing. The situation is compounded by a critical shortage of fuel needed to operate the generators powering the few remaining wells. According to the Gaza-based Government Media Office, the Israeli military has demolished 719 water wells in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:48:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4792fe5c-da3f-461b-b3a2-6aa78f4e44ff All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.