Almost all of Israel’s desalination plants shut due to weather; source denies cyberattack
📍 How it ended
The desalination crisis persisted into its third day, with two plants only partially restarting and the Water Authority reducing supplies to northern governorates while temporary water stations served Jerusalem residents. The shutdown, attributed to weather and denied as a cyberattack, continued to threaten about 20,000 dunams of vegetable crops.
Epilogue added 38d ago, after coverage quieted.
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