Health Ministry Lifts Boil-Water Requirement Across Kfar Chabad

The Health Ministry lifted the boil-water requirement throughout Kfar Chabad on Tuesday, November 10, after water samples returned normal results. The decision follows a partial cancellation two days earlier that had left the restriction in place elsewhere in the village. “The water is suitable for drinking and every other use,” the ministry said in its announcement, issued at 12:21 p.m. The latest notice extends the cancellation across Kfar Chabad, following the November 8 decision that applied only to the Beit Rivka neighborhood. The ministry had renewed the village’s boil-water requirement on November 5 after abnormal sampling results. That notice required water to be boiled before drinking, cooking, preparing medicines and brushing teeth. It allowed water to be used for bathing and sanitation, and said the boiling requirement would remain in force until further notice. An earlier village-wide restriction had already been lifted on October 29, also following normal sampling results, before the ministry issued the renewed requirement on November 5.