Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were there killed by Israeli fire on Friday. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the attack threatens vital humanitarian efforts to provide clean water to hundreds of thousands of people.
Early Friday morning, two men were killed by Israeli fire at the Mansoura water filling port in northern Gaza. Two other people were also injured in the attack, which took place during routine water transport. The Mansoura site is the only operating truck bottling port for the Mekorot water supply pipeline, which serves Gaza City.
UNICEF published one opinion that the attack occurred during routine water transport without any changes in movements or procedures. The water facility is used several times a day by UNICEF and other humanitarian organizations to maintain essential water shipments for hundreds of thousands of people. Due to the attack, UNICEF contractors have been ordered to suspend their activities on the ground until the security situation in the region is restored.
The agency has called on Israeli authorities to “immediately investigate this incident and take full responsibility.”
Additionally, the organization emphasized that “humanitarian workers, essential service providers and civilian infrastructure, including critical water facilities, must never be targeted. Protecting civilians and those providing life-saving assistance is an obligation under international humanitarian law.”
The Wafa news agency reported on the same day as the attack that a Israeli drone The target was a water desalination plant in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. One civilian was killed and two others were injured in the attack.
UN experts have said that Israel is “using thirst as a weapon to kill Palestinians.” The experts emphasize that since October 2023, Israel’s military operations have consistently targeted water facilities, wells, pipelines, desalination plants and sewage systems. At the time of writing in July 2025, 89% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed by Israeli forces, leaving 90% of households without water.
Since TuesdayAccording to this, 18 Palestinians were killed by Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip Wafa News Agency. This includes Khalil Nasser, a young man who was shot and killed He was arrested by Israeli forces in the Halawa displacement camp early Sunday morning. The total number of confirmed Palestinians killed has reached 775 since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025.
In September, an independent United Nations legal investigation into Israel’s conduct in the occupied Palestinian territories concluded that Israel committed the international crime genocide.
