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Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza

Sunday 14-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

It is estimated that more than 6,000 unexploded Israeli missiles and bombs were dropped on the Gaza Strip during the first three months of the Israeli war, which constitutes a long-term threat to life in Gaza

According to the Danish newspaper Information, an estimated 45,000 bombs were dropped during the first 89 days of the conflict. It is 505 bombings a day, or 21 bombings per hour.

The paper added that this massive attack resulted in the destruction or damage to between 50 and 62 percent of all buildings in the Gaza Strip.

The Danish newspaper further warned about the dangers posed by the presence of Israeli explosive remnants of war in the Gaza Strip. The consequences of which are far-reaching: loss of life, disabling injuries, psychological trauma, and delayed deliveries of humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts.

According to Hi.org, an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster, as an average failure rate of 14%, it is possible that as many as 6,300 bombs have failed to function as designed, ending up scattered in the ruins and all over the Gaza Strip.

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