In the Abu Ghurayb neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province Iraq, two government employees are killed and another is wounded when an improvised explosive device detonates at a potable water plant. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group claims responsibility for the attack.
In one of two incidents in Israel on this day (cf. 200512120003), a Qassam rocket lands near a facility belonging to the Israeli national water company, Mekorot, in the western Negev desert. There are no injuries or damages resulting from the strike.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claims responsibility for a rocket attack, which is aimed at Ashkelon, Israel, but lands in an industrial area just south of Ashkelon, damaging a Mekorot water station, causing no injuries.
A mortar round hits a water facility in Baghdad, Iraq, resulting in a disruption of water supply to residents serviced by the facility. No one claims responsibility for the attack.
Gunmen attack civilians working on a water project in Al-Faris, Iraq, killing 18 and wounding 22. No group claims responsibility for the shooting.
During the Gulf War, targeted attacks on transformers and turbines at water treatment plants leave whole cities, such as Basra, without water or wastewater treatment. And due to embargos, parts needed to fix the plants are not available. It is estimated that at least 25% of water treatment plants in Iraq do not have backup power supply and are inoperable after electrical grids are damaged.
From January through July 2019 violence in northwest Syria leaves civilian infrastructure damaged and destroyed including at least 29 water stations serving approximately 610,000 people.
For the second consecutive day, clashes between Al ‘Ukad tribesmen and pro-Houthi forces are reported in the Ridmah district of Ibb Governorate, Yemen. Clashes are reportedly initiated on September 24 as the tribesmen seize the weapons of a group of Houthi fighters to show their opposition to a water project. Injuries are reported on both sides but no fatalities.
Five Saudi-led coalition air raids are reported on water wells and reservoirs across the Kamaran island in the north of Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen. No casualties are reported but a large number of wells and reservoirs are destroyed.
The main water tank of Durayhimi district, Yemen, which supplies most of the district in drinking water, is reportedly targeted by military shelling. Conflicting reports from local sources attribute the bombing to either pro-Houthi forces or Saudi-led coalition Apache helicopters that are targeting Houthi snipers near the tank. No casualties are reported.