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Sewage glut — another ugly result of Gaza's wars
By Diaa Hadid
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The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.07.2008
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/247112.php 
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip — When a toilet is flushed in Gaza City, the waste sloshes straight into the Mediterranean.
A yearlong standoff between Israel and Hamas has left the territory's sewage system in a state of collapse, flooding its coastal waters with human waste and blanketing crowded beach-side neighborhoods in a fierce stench.
The consequences can be deadly. Last year, five people were killed when a small waste reservoir collapsed. This summer, as Gazans head to the beaches, the World Health Organization is warning them to stay out of the sea.