日内瓦，11月10日——联合国儿童机构表示，以色列拒绝了修复加沙一处蓄水池所需设备的进口，并警告该设施可能溢流，通过洪水和疾病危及附近居民。
GENEVA, Nov 10 - The UN children's agency said Israel had rejected the importation of equipment needed to repair a water basin in Gaza, and warned that the facility could overflow and endanger nearby residents through flooding and disease.
当地当局称，以色列在对哈马斯的战争中摧毁了水利基础设施和用于抽水的车辆。这场战争使该地区200多万居民中的大多数人流离失所，并让加沙大部分地区沦为废墟。目前大多数人口居住在帐篷营地中。
Local authorities say Israel destroyed water infrastructure and vehicles used to pump water during its war against Hamas, which had displaced most of the territory's more than 2 million residents and left much of Gaza in ruins. Most of the population now lives in tent camps.
联合国儿童基金会的詹姆斯·埃尔德表示，受损设施之一是加沙城的谢赫拉德万雨水蓄水池，该蓄水池目前已被污水污染，在强降雨后有溢流的风险。
One damaged facility is the Sheikh Radwan stormwater basin in Gaza City, which is now contaminated with sewage and at risk of overflowing after heavy rainfall, according to UNICEF's James Elder.
他告诉记者，该机构与以色列当局以及美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的“和平委员会”就一项300万美元的修复计划合作了一年，但负责监督加沙人道主义事务的以色列军方机构COGAT在过去几天否决了该项目。
He told reporters the agency had been working with Israeli authorities and US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace for a year on a $3 million plan to repair it, but that COGAT, the Israeli military agency overseeing humanitarian affairs in Gaza, had rejected the project in the past few days.
“有毒污水可能流入加沙城的街道和帐篷，迫使儿童和家庭再次离开他们的临时住所，并大幅增加疾病威胁。所以我们有些困惑，”他在日内瓦的一场新闻发布会上说。
"Toxic sewage could flow into the streets and tents of Gaza City, forcing children and families from their makeshift homes once more, and grossly increasing the threat of disease. So we're a bit baffled," he told a press briefing in Geneva.
“让我们在这一切变成又一场完全可以避免的、夺走加沙女孩和男孩生命的悲剧之前，先完成修复工作，”他说。COGAT没有立即回应置评请求。
“Let's do the rehabilitation before this becomes another entirely preventable killer of girls and boys in Gaza," he said. COGAT did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
埃尔德说，该机构以安全为由拒绝了该项目，这显然是指以色列对可能被哈马斯用于民用或军事用途的物品入境有严格规定。
Elder said it had cited security grounds, in an apparent reference to strict Israeli rules regulating the entry of items that could be used for either civilian or military purposes by Hamas.
本周，暴雨已经淹没了数万顶帐篷，这些帐篷安置着挤在加沙地带各个营地中的流离失所的巴勒斯坦人。
This week, heavy rain has already flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians crammed into encampments across the Gaza Strip.
一处沙堤坍塌压在他们的帐篷上，造成四人死亡，其中包括三名幼童。这起事件凸显了多雨冬季来临前的风险。
Four people, including three small children, were killed when a sand embankment collapsed on their tents in an incident that highlighted the risks ahead of the rainy winter season.
去年由美国斡旋达成的停火协议呼吁最终重建加沙，但由于谈判代表未能就哈马斯解除武装或以色列撤军的条件达成一致，进展甚微。
A US-brokered ceasefire last year called for the eventual reconstruction of Gaza, but little progress has been made as negotiators have failed to agree on terms for Hamas to disarm or for Israel to withdraw its troops.
世界卫生组织发言人克里斯蒂安·林德迈尔在同一次简报会上表示，由于洪水、卫生条件恶劣以及卫生和水服务不足，加沙存在严重的传染病风险。
World Health Organization spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said at the same briefing there were significant communicable disease risks in Gaza due to flooding, poor sanitation and insufficient health and water services.
他说，加沙各地近100万流离失所者目前面临中等或高洪水风险。
Nearly 1 million displaced people across Gaza now faced medium or high flood risk, he said.