United Nations: Debris removal in Gaza will probably take 14 years

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Pierre Ludamar, the senior official of the United Nations demining unit Referring to the massive amount of destruction caused by the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip, he announced: The debris removal operation in Gaza following Israel’s devastating war against the region will probably take about 14 years.

This UN official in A press conference in Geneva reported: About 37 million tons of debris have been left in Gaza, which is a very densely populated area, and although it is not possible to assess the exact number of unexploded ordnance in this area, it is expected that under certain conditions of debris removal in Gaza, about 14 He said that reports show that at least 10 percent of the ammunition fired into the Gaza Strip has not exploded, and therefore there is a constant threat to the people and rescue teams pulling victims out from under the rubble. We are talking about 14 years of debris removal using 100 trucks.

Also, the United Nations team announced after an assessment mission in the Gaza Strip that there was widespread destruction in the city of Khanyounis in the south of the Gaza Strip. And the members of the UN team found that every building they visited was razed to the ground. In Khan Yunis, it is full of unexploded ordnance, which poses serious risks to civilians, especially children. Unexploded heavy bombs in large numbers are still in the main intersections and inside the schools of Gaza. They face food and medicine and following the destruction of hospitals and the destruction of Gaza’s health system, the condition of the refugees is extremely dire.

On the other hand, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) also announced that after More than 200 days have passed since Israel’s war against Gaza, extensive damage has been done to vital infrastructure in this area and the amount of destruction is unprecedented. The damage to Gaza’s vital infrastructure is also very high, and more than one million people have lost their homes completely, and 75% of the population has been displaced.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) also In this context, he announced that the amount of destruction in the Gaza Strip is shocking and a ceasefire is the only hope left to save the residents of the Gaza Strip who still managed to survive.

Last month, the World Bank and the United Nations in a report By examining the amount of destruction caused by the occupying regime in its brutal aggression in the Gaza Strip, they announced that the cost of damage to buildings and critical infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in just 4 months is approximately 18.5 billion dollars, which is equivalent to 97% of the gross domestic product of the West Bank. and the Gaza Strip together in 2022. According to this report, 72% of the damages are related to residential buildings, 19% to public service infrastructure such as water, health and education, and 9% to commercial buildings and It is industrial. Estimates show that almost all parts of Gaza have been affected by this war, and maybe there is a very small part that has not been damaged yet. The bombings have left a huge amount of destruction, which is estimated to be tens of millions of tons. This means that the debris removal operation in Gaza will take years.

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