Tens of thousands of people will be threatened with death or injuries to debris this weekend when they try to reach their destructive homes in Gaza areas that are inaccessible during a 15 -month war. There are experts and relief personnel defusing explosives. Is warned.
Complying Ceasefire agreement Which came into force last Sunday, allowing Israel to move north from southern Gaza – where disaster has increased – by a large outpost on the Israeli -occupied Natzar Corridor.
Talking to Deir al -Ba’alah in Central Gaza, Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network in Gaza, said: “A massive movement is likely to start in the next few days and people also try to find their loved ones. There are 50 million tonnes of debris. They are especially telling the children that if they get anything, tell the authorities and stay away from it.
Experts have termed the challenges of clearing unmanned bombs and other ammunition from Gaza as “unprecedented”, where More than two -thirds of buildings The most severe bombing in the modern era has been destroyed or damaged.
About two million Palestinians have been displaced during the war and are living in temporary shelters and tents camps away from their previous homes.
Many people are from the north and will send family members to find goods, extract the remains of dead relatives under the rubble or just to know what is left.
Sohaila al -Harani, 65, said her son would try to return home from a tent camp near Khan Yunus in northern Gaza where he had been living for months.
“I am afraid that our house will be destroyed … I have not lost any of my family, but I am afraid of losing or injuring anyone because of these explosives. Someone will explode, and I can lose my life, or one hand, or one leg, ‘he said.
Experts say there are more risks to the debris that now covers most parts of Gaza, including toxic industrial chemicals, human remains and asbestos. The vast tunnel complex built by Hamas inside the area means that the remaining few buildings are at risk of collapse.
“Whoever gets closer to the debris is in danger … as soon as he can go back to them all. [devastated areas] – when we see the increase in injuries and deaths, “Gary Tombs said Humanity and Inclusion UKAn NGO working in Gaza, who has sent 8 million text messages, has been informed of the dangers of non -explosive weapons.
“This is a very terrifying picture. People will look for anything they can use to survive. They will prefer their basic needs on safety,” he added.
More than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in a 15 -month Israeli military attack, mostly civilians. It carried out October 7, 2023, after an amazing Hamas attack in Israel, in which 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed and 250 others were taken hostage.
Greg Cruther, Director of Programs Mines Advisory GroupAn NGO described the challenges facing experts in clearing the explosives as “unique”.
“The level of destroying a population environment, the bombing over a period with this level, repeated bombing with repeated bombing, which is covered by ground fighting, is quite unusual. And in terms of severity and something comparisons in it. [kind of] The location makes it beautiful … unprecedented, “he said.
Hamas said people would be allowed to return to the pedestrian coastal road in Gaza, that is, several miles walking to the government northern area from where they could try to board vehicles, which could be searched at checkpoints. Will Hamas said those returning should not take up arms.
In Jabalia, the largest of the eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip and the center of Israeli military efforts in the last three months, many people have returned to stay inside their destroyed homes, warm their children. Small fires are set to try.
10 -year -old Mohammed Badar said: “They are talking about ceasefire, ceasefire and aid delivery. It has been three days since we returned, and we did not get water to drink. We have to keep our children warm. Can’t find the cover all night.
His wife, Umm Nadal, said he could not believe in complete destruction.
“Nothing left, you can’t walk on the streets. The houses fell above each other. You disappear, you don’t know if it’s your home or not, “he said. “The bodies of the bodies [is] In the streets. ”
Experts say that the non -exploding weapons will pose a serious obstacle to any reconstruction in Gaza, as well as a deadly threat, potentially slowing down efforts that may take decades. Six months ago, the United Nations said that more than 100 lorry fleet would take 15 years to clear Gaza’s debris, which would cost between $ 500m (£ 400m) to $ 600m.
“This will be the most complex task of clearance that I have seen in the 30 -year -old explosives,” said the Tombs.
