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Tim Wainwright

Tim Wainwright

CEO of WaterAid

Jun 28, 2026

1:56
Yeah, all the fields on the Gaza border area.
1:58
And they were destroying farms and crops.
2:00
And I saw the n- from the news articles there were these guys, uh, Israeli guys in black T-shirts and, uh, very basic equipment trying to put out fires.
2:09
And it looked like...
2:10
Yeah, compared to America and Australia where we have, you know, organized, uh, rural fire services and, and big wildfire trucks, um, they had just small trailers and, and, and ATV-type things and, uh, they looked like they needed help.
2:26
And I looked into it.
2:27
I, uh, I, I talked to the embassy, uh, in Australia for, for Israel, and they essentially said, "Yeah, there's no nationwide system to look after the c- uh, the kibbutzim and moshavim and the small communities near the borders and farming communities.

12 MINS LATER

15:10
Mm

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