The former president of Dibil municipality, Elie Louka, explaining how the water pumping system works in his village. (Credit: Zeina Antonios)
It was almost 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, when the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) convoy left Beirut for South Lebanon to visit several drinking water pumping stations. Its objective was to monitor the operation of these stations, some of which the ICRC had rehabilitated, to ensure that localities near the Lebanese-Israeli border have ongoing water supply. The border area has been under the yoke of almost daily fighting between Hezbollah and Israel since Oct. 8. Read also Israel continues 'deliberately targeting Lebanon's environment,' experts say The first stop was made in Dibil, a Christian village in Bint Jbeil district, where some 60 households were deprived of drinking water, due to an obsolete system that carries water to only part of the village.The former Mayor Eie Louka continues to look after the village...
It was almost 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, when the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) convoy left Beirut for South Lebanon to visit several drinking water pumping stations. Its objective was to monitor the operation of these stations, some of which the ICRC had rehabilitated, to ensure that localities near the Lebanese-Israeli border have ongoing water supply. The border area has been under the yoke of almost daily fighting between Hezbollah and Israel since Oct. 8. Read also Israel continues 'deliberately targeting Lebanon's environment,' experts say The first stop was made in Dibil, a Christian village in Bint Jbeil district, where some 60 households were deprived of drinking water, due to an obsolete system that carries water to only part of the village.The former Mayor Eie Louka continues to look after the...
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