❗️UNICEF warns Gaza sewage basin could overflow after Israel rejects repair plan The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that Israel's rejection of a $3 million project to repair Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan stormwater basin could expose residents to flooding and disease. The basin, contaminated with sewage and at risk of overflowing following heavy rainfall, requires equipment that Israel has blocked from entering the territory. UNICEF official James Elder said the agency had spent a year coordinating with Israeli authorities and US President Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' on the rehabilitation plan, but the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli war ministry body overseeing civil affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, rejected it in recent days. He warned that sewage could flood nearby streets and tent camps, further endangering displaced Palestinians.