UN official: The lives of Gaza Strip residents are threatened by unexploded ordnance
The head of the United Nations Mine Action Mission in the occupied Palestinian territories, Julius van der, said that the lives of the residents of the Gaza Strip are threatened by the large number of unexploded ordnance."RTL" lang="AR-SA"Van der added – in a special statement to Cairo News Channel today, Friday – that the Gaza Strip, after two years of the Israeli war, has become an open minefield, noting that contamination with explosive ordnance includes all areas of the Strip, causing about 3 million people to be directly or indirectly affected by the current situation.
The UN official stressed the urgent need for UN efforts in the humanitarian response and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, adding that current pollution levels may exceed what was seen in other conflict areas around the world.."RTL" lang="AR-SA"Van der pointed out that many Palestinian families are forced to stay in contaminated areas due to the lack of safe shelters, which increases the possibility of daily infections, stressing that safe spaces in Gaza are very limited compared to the number of residents..
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