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GENEVA, April 27, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - There are some 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in Gaza once
The United Nations has estimated that it would take 100 lorries some 14 years to remove the 300 kilograms of scrap metal per square metre covering the heavily destroyed Gaza Strip. And it is unlikely that the work could be done quickly, Peh Lodhammar from the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Geneva said on Friday, due to unexploded ordnances. There are no concrete estimates of how much live ammunition that did not explode on impact is lying in the ground, Lodhammar said. Typically, 10% of munit
Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining
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