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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison

Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert

Heavily damaged and collapsed buildings in Khan Younis, Gaza.
Heavily damaged and collapsed buildings in Khan Younis, Gaza. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty

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 official said.

Nearly seven months into the war, there is an average 300kg of rubble a square metre of land in Gaza, Pehr Lodhammar, the former United Nationals Mine Action Service chief for Iraq, told a news conference.

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