UN warning about 6,500 tons of unexploded ordnance in Gaza

According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency, the United Nations in a report about the dangers of the post-war period warned in the Gaza Strip due to the presence of 6,500 tons of unexploded ordnance, which is still hidden under 37 million tons of rubble. The cease-fire could lead to the killing of many Palestinians. The United Nations “Demining” service emphasized in this report: Experts specializing in explosives assess that 10% of the ammunition is due to impact with objects. are not detonated and this means that there are 7,500 tons of munitions throughout the Gaza Strip that have not yet exploded. Mungo Birch, the head of the United Nations Demining Service in the Palestinian Territories, said in this context that the munitions Unexploded ordnance in the Gaza Strip includes all kinds of munitions and the most dangerous time is when the people of Gaza return to their homes. According to this report, the biggest danger of unexploded ordnance in the Gaza Strip is that even if the war ends. And the approval of the ceasefire will also lead to the killing and maiming of Palestinians because the United Nations estimates that it may take 14 years to discover and destroy these munitions. The United Nations has a large number of war munitions hidden under 37 million tons of rubble, and today there is much more rubble in Gaza than in Ukraine. After inspecting Khan Yunis, the members of a UN team realized that there were unexploded and heavy bombs in the main intersections and inside the schools. Eric Tollifsen, an expert on explosives at the International Committee of the Red Cross, said in this Rasta stated: “I have been in different war zones, but what I saw in Gaza is not comparable to anywhere else, and the level of destruction here is truly terrible.” I found an unexploded cannonball a few meters away from the door of the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City. It is necessary to detonate them in a controlled manner with special explosives, but Israel does not allow these materials to enter. Some experts on weapons and explosives stated: Some of the metal bombs that Israel uses to destroy buildings He uses them, they are mistaken for canned food containers because famine has gripped the entire Gaza Strip, and there is a danger that people will mistake bombs for canned food, and this will lead to new disasters.

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