UN: Debris clearance in Gaza likely to take 14 years

According to the report of Tasnim International News Agency, Pierre Ludamar, the senior official of the United Nations demining unit, referring to the massive amount of destruction caused by the Israel regime in the Gaza Strip, announced: the debris removal operation in Gaza following Israel's devastating war against this region is probably It will take about 14 years.

This UN official reported in a press conference in Geneva: 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 under certain conditions. Debris removal in Gaza lasted about 14 years.

He said that reports show that at least 10 percent of the ammunition fired into the Gaza Strip did not explode, and therefore there is a constant threat to the people and the rescue teams who pull victims out from under the rubble, and we are talking about 14 years of debris removal using 100 trucks. .

Also, after an assessment mission in the Gaza Strip, the UN team announced that there was widespread destruction in the city of Khanyounes in the south of the Gaza Strip, and the members of the UN team found that every building they visited had been razed to the ground. .

This UN team, citing UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, reported that the streets and public places in Khan Yunis are full of unexploded ordnance, which poses serious risks to civilians, especially children. Large numbers of unexploded heavy bombs are still found at major intersections and inside schools in Gaza.

The UN team further pointed to the critical situation of the people of Gaza and the refugees and announced that the people of Gaza are facing severe shortages of water, food and medicine, and the condition of the refugees is extremely dire due to the destruction of hospitals and the destruction of the Gaza health system.

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

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) also announced in the same context 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 examining the amount of destruction caused by the occupying regime in its brutal aggression in the Gaza Strip, 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 and industrial buildings. 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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