Israel briefly halted water supplies to Gaza after an algae bloom forced five of its six desalination plants offline, leaving nearly one million Gazans short of water, according to UNICEF.

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Israel briefly halted water supplies to Gaza after an algae bloom forced five of its six desalination plants offline, leaving nearly one million Gazans short of water, according to UNICEF. Scientists believe the bloom began near Egypt’s Nile Delta, but say untreated sewage flowing from war-damaged Gaza infrastructure may have helped fuel it. Source: Haaretz