GAZA, (PIC)
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) said that the ongoing Israeli attacks on residential areas in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, have left 39 million tons of debris.
This came in a report published by UNEP on Tuesday regarding the environmental impact of Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The UNEP stressed that the war environmental impacts on Gaza have reached unprecedented levels of soil, water, and air pollution.
The ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year has left 39 million tons of rubble, equivalent to 107 kilograms of debris per square meter in Gaza, the report explained.
It called for an immediate ceasefire to save peoples’ lives and to reduce the impact on the environment, pointing out that water, sanitation, and hygiene systems are now almost entirely defunct, warning that wastewater began to mix with sea water, soil, drinking water and even food.
The UN report elaborated that using explosive weapons in densely populated areas in Gaza has led to the pollution of soil and water resources, stressing the high risk of leakage of heavy metals as a result of damaged solar panels.
