Infrastructures Minister Avigdor Lieberman has established a committee to investigate the bursting of the upper water reservoir of Kibbutz Nachal Oz, just east of the Gaza Strip. The kibbutz, a nearby IDF base, and a Gaza neighborhood were flooded with 3.5 million cubic meters of water from one of the largest reservoirs in the country. This is equivalent to about two centimeters of Kinneret Sea water, or two weeks\' worth of water pumped by the Lebanese from their new pumping station on one of Israel\'s main water sources, the Hatzbani River. Damage to fields and infrastructures is extensive.
Former Water Commissioner Prof. Dan Zaslavsky will head the investigative committee. Terrorist sabotage is not suspected at present. Minister Lieberman has also ordered a comprehensive check of all of Israel\'s other reservoirs.
Former Water Commissioner Prof. Dan Zaslavsky will head the investigative committee. Terrorist sabotage is not suspected at present. Minister Lieberman has also ordered a comprehensive check of all of Israel\'s other reservoirs.