Deadly Sewage kills three in Gaza

Raw sewage erupted from holding pools and swept through a village in the northern Gaza Strip, causing at least three deaths and many injuries, Palestinian rescue workers said









A Palestinian policeman carries a dead boy after raw sewage erupted from holding pools and swept through a village in the northern Gaza Strip March 27, 2007. At least three people died and 15 were injured, Palestinian hospital officials said







General view of Palestinian houses flooded by raw sewage that erupted from holding pools and swept through a village in the northern Gaza Strip March 27, 2007. At least three people died and 15 were injured, Palestinian hospital officials said.





A Palestinian uses a raft as he paddles through sewer waters in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Nasr following the collapse of a sewer system in the northern Gaza Strip. At least five Palestinians, including two toddlers, drowned in a "sewage tsunami" on Tuesday when a water treatment reservoir burst, flooding a village in the northern Gaza Strip.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)



Palestinians rescue their goats from the flood waters in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Nasr following the collapse of a sewer system in the northern Gaza Strip. At least five Palestinians, including two toddlers, drowned in a "sewage tsunami" on Tuesday when a water treatment reservoir burst, flooding a village in the northern Gaza Strip.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)







Palestinians live in tents after raw sewage erupted from holding pools and swept through a village in the northern Gaza Strip March 28, 2007. A sewage reservoir burst next to a village in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 20 in a torrent of putrid water and waste that buried their homes, officials said. REUTERS/Ismail Zayday (GAZA)