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Gaza’s destroyed sewage system linked to ‘rare’ algae bloom shutting Israeli desalination plants Untreated sewage from Gaza may have helped cause a huge algae bloom that shut down five of Israel’s six major desalination plants on the Mediterranean, Israeli news outlet Ynet has reported.  Scientists are trying to assess possible environmental fallout from Gaza’s destroyed wastewater infrastructure, the report said.  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, CNN reported, citing Mekorot, Israel's national water company. Desalination provides at least 65 percent of Israel's drinking water, with most plants located on the coast. “An event of this kind has never occurred before in Israel … it was an extremely rare event,” said Lior Gutman, a spokesperson for Mekorot.  Read more: Gaza’s destroyed sewage system linked to ‘rare’ algae bloom shutting Israeli desalination plants

Gaza’s destroyed sewage system linked to ‘rare’ algae bloom shutting Israeli desalination plants Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 09/05/2026 - 14:28 Five of Israel’s six water plants shut as scientists probe whether Gaza wastewater fuelled the bloom A worker inspects a valve at the Southern Gaza desalination plant, which stopped working after Israel cut off the electricity supply to the Gaza Strip on 10 March 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off Untreated sewage from Gaza may have helped cause a huge algae bloom that shut down five of Israel’s six major desalination plants on the Mediterranean, Israeli news outlet Ynet has reported.  Scientists are trying to assess possible environmental fallout from Gaza’s destroyed wastewater infrastructure, the report said.  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, CNN reported, citing Mekorot, Israel's national water company. Desalination provides at least 65 percent of Israel's drinking water, with most plants located on the coast. “An event of this kind has never occurred before in Israel … it was an extremely rare event,” said Lior Gutman, a spokesperson for Mekorot.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Five of Israel's six major desalination plants, including Ashkelon, Ashdod, Palmachim, Sorek A, and Sorek B, were temporarily shut down.   Israel’s water authority said the water sector was stable as authorities increased supplies from the Sea of Galilee, groundwater wells and reservoirs while restricting some agricultural and public irrigation. But the crisis has exposed the fragility of Israel’s dependence on desalination to major environmental disruptions. 'A perfect storm'  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, figures cited by Ynet and Palestinian authorities said. Algae blooms require warm water and nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, said Avner Gross, head of Ben-Gurion University’s Climate Change Laboratory. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He said satellite imagery showed similar algae-filled waters around Egypt’s Nile Delta, where agricultural runoff pours into the Mediterranean.  Swimming in sewage: World ignores Gaza's waste water crisis Read More » “In our case, I currently have no other explanation except a pollution source in the southern Gaza Strip,” Gross said to Ynet. Writing on X, Gross said global warming had turned the Mediterranean into “a bathtub in August”. “Add phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and you get a deadly algal bloom,” he wrote. “Coincidentally, in recent days there were weak, steady winds that mixed the fertiliser from the sewage along Israel’s coast. A perfect storm.” Noga Armi, chief executive of Israeli environmental organisation Zalul, also said that the Gaza sewage had contributed to the outbreak. “The scientific link is well established. Untreated sewage discharged into the sea from Gaza was one of the factors that contributed to the incident,” Armi told Roya News. According to Tamar Guy-Haim, a marine ecologist at Israel's National Institute of Oceanography, the probability that Gaza sewage was the main driver of the bloom is relatively low.  The organism responsible for the Israeli bloom has been identified by researchers as a cyanobacterium of the genus Synechococcus, though the exact species and reason for its sudden proliferation are still under investigation. Warm waters   Scientists also cited the warm Mediterranean waters, strong sunlight, currents and a recent storm that made the seawater more turbid as possible contributing factors. Or Bialik, a researcher at Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, told Haaretz: “I've worked in the Mediterranean Sea for a long time and have never seen anything like this.”  Leaky cesspits, raw sewage and salty water: Gaza's forgotten water crisis Read More » “The water is green like a lake. The turbidity is such that you can't see your instruments after half a metre,” he said. According to researchers cited by CNN and Haaretz, the bloom began near Egypt’s Nile Delta and moved north with ocean currents. Edo Bar-Zeev, a water researcher at Ben-Gurion University, cautioned that such events could become more frequent as the Mediterranean warms. “It’s a fair estimation that this will not be a once-in-a-lifetime kind of event … you can assume that this will occur more and more through climate change,” he told CNN. Scientists have not yet identified a definitive cause. Competing explanations for the phenomenon include warming seas, natural currents, pollution from the Nile Delta, untreated sewage from Gaza or a combination of environmental factors. Environment News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

This weekend, Paris is hosting the 16th edition of FIFDA, the African Diaspora International Film Festival. From September 4 to 6, 15 films from 13 countries will be screened, spanning fiction and non-fiction, as well as feature-length and short films. The festival provides a space to explore how contemporary societies face and overcome wounds from the past, while giving a voice to members of African diasporas. Guest Lawrence Cole, co-executive producer of "Shadow of Greed", and Diarah N'Daw-Spech, FIFDA co-founder and co-director.

Uber has announced its immediate withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda. The decision comes amid a global restructuring, but mainly as Uber has lost significant ground to its competitors in both countries.

stc group, Saudi Arabia’s leading digital enabler, and Red Sea Global are showcasing an intelligent operation management system for three Red Sea destinations at LEAP 2026, taking place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center. 

stc group, Saudi Arabia’s leading digital enabler, has announced the launch of colab, its innovation and corporate venture-building arm, at LEAP 2026. The launch strengthens the group’s venture ecosystem and expands its ability to unlock new sources of growth through innovation.

Dozens of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travellers and cargo vehicles heading for France.

Niger has blamed France for inciting last week’s failed military mutiny, according ‌to a government statement read on television on Friday. Paris has denied any involvement in the attack.