in the gaza strip the deficit has been estimated at mcmyr table tel avivyafo in israel and most of the gaza strip figure in the egyptian town of rafah most dramatically in the gaza strip water levels have been dropping at rates of up to myr and water levels in many areas now lie near or below sea level in the northern gaza strip groundwater levels have dropped by about m in the period while a drop of over m was observed in the rafah area in the southern gaza strip with a clear acceleration from onward figure