The war has so far left some 37 million tonnes of debris in the widely urbanised, densely populated territory.
GENEVA – The vast amount of rubble, including unexploded ordnance, left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on April 26.
Mr Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service, told a briefing in Geneva that the war left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris in the widely urbanised, densely populated territory.
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