Israel to boost fresh water supply in Gaza with plant upgrade as UN warns it may suspend aid [Video]

EXCLUSIVE – As the United Nations threatens to suspend aid to operations across the Gaza Strip, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned that Israel plans to activate a desalination plant that will increase fresh water access in the region.

“Israel will increase the electricity supply to the desalination facility in Khan Yunis by building new electricity power lines,” an Israeli security official told Fox News Digital.

“This will re-enable the desalination facility established with UNICEF funding in 2017 to provide drinking water to areas in Deir al-Balah, Khan Yunis and the Mawasi area – a potential solution for hundreds of thousands of residents throughout the Strip,” the official explained.

The government-backed plan awaits final approval, but once in operation, the plant will provide approximately 20,000 cubic meters of water a day for residents – a massive increase from its current capacity of 1,500 cubic meters, which the officials blamed on a “lack of capacity to maximize” generator activity.

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