The World Bank has contributed $26.8 million to sanitation projects in Gaza since 1993, via a Trust Fund for Gaza and West Bank, a statement from the organization said Thursday.
The grant will support the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant under the second phase of the project. World Bank officials said the project 'will provide a long term solution to the treatment of wastewater in the Northern Governorate of Gaza,' including 250,000 people living in the communities of Jabalya, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun, and Um An-Nasser.
Construction under the first phase of the project was delayed for three years due to the Israeli blockade on Gaza, which made it difficult to get construction materials into the Strip despite coordination from the World Bank, the Middle East Quartet and the United States." (source)
