US EditionClearing Gaza’s surface of bombs will take up to 30 years, aid group says
Aid groups estimate surface clearance of 20,000 unexploded bombs in Gaza could take 20 to 30 years, posing ongoing risks to civilians and aid efforts.
- On Friday, the Gaza Rights Centre warned that around 20,000 unexploded munitions remain across the Gaza Strip, and surface clearance could take 20 to 30 years, an expert estimated.
- After Israel's two-year offensive flattened much of Gaza, about 71,000 tons of munitions are lodged within an estimated 65 to 70 million tons of rubble, and a US-brokered ceasefire this month raised hopes clearance can begin.
- In Gaza City's Al-Zaytoun, a shell killed three civilians clearing rubble, while blasts injured four debris workers in Nuseirat refugee camp and Al-Qarar, the UN-led database shows.
- However, aid groups say they lack blanket Israeli permission to remove ordnance or import equipment, and the GRC warned remnants could cause `the largest humanitarian disaster in modern history`.
- Next week, a seven-person Humanity & Inclusion team will identify war remnants in hospitals and bakeries while the GRC urges Israel to disclose munitions maps and allow UN-supervised surveys with heavy machinery through border crossings.
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Gaza City., The munitions that did not detonate during the attacks and bombings of the Israeli army in Gaza represent a latent danger to Palestinians who search through the rubble for what remains of their belongings, amid a devastating panorama during the pause of the Tel Aviv regime's offensive in the strip.
Explosive ordnance disposal teams in the Gaza Strip face a complex and long-term task that could last 20 to 30 years, according to estimates by Nick Orr, an explosive ordnance disposal expert with Humanity and Inclusion. He stressed that the massive destruction left behind by the Israeli occupation makes the process of removing mines and unexploded ordnance extremely difficult...
Gaza's Deadly Legacy: Why Aid Groups Say Clearance Will Take 30 Years
Clearing unexploded bombs from Gaza may take 20 to 30 years, according to an official from the aid group Humanity & Inclusion. They describe the area as a dangerous “unmapped minefield. “ More than 53 people have died, and hundreds have been hurt due to remnants from the Israel-Hamas war, with estimates from aid groups […] The post Gaza’s Deadly Legacy: Why Aid Groups Say Clearance Will Take 30 Years appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.
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