Israel prepares to introduce dual-use equipment into the Strip | Exclusive

Amid rains and flooding in the Gaza Strip and American pressure, Israel is preparing to introduce dual-use equipment for rehabilitating sanitation infrastructure, while formulating a mechanism to prevent its transfer to Hamas. The first project: repairing sewage treatment facilities.

Israel is preparing for an unusual move of introducing dual-use equipment into the Gaza Strip to rehabilitate sanitation infrastructure, against the backdrop of rains and flooding over the weekend and significant American pressure on Israel to ensure winter preparedness in the Strip. The first planned project is repairing sewage treatment facilities, while Hamas has not yet disarmed. The defense establishment is formulating a mechanism that will allow the equipment to be brought in without reaching Hamas, due to Israeli concerns that the materials – concrete, pipes, iron, and steel – will be used by the organization to rebuild military infrastructure and weapons. The article notes that this is an additional project alongside a series of projects promoted by the defense establishment for winter in the Strip.