GAZA CITY, Gaza, March 4 (UPI) -- The amount of drinkable water entering Gaza from Israel will double in an attempt to avert a crisis, an Israeli army official announced.
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, said the water supply would increase from 5 million cubic meters (1.3 billion U.S. gallons) to 10 million (2.6 billion U.S. gallons), after a meeting of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee.