Demining Gaza will take 20-30 years, expert says
Nick Orr from the NGO Humanity and Inclusion tells our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that the sheer scale of destruction in Gaza makes it difficult to determine the exact number of dangerous munitions.
He also said more equipment is needed to clear mines left by the Israeli army in the Strip.
Nabila Shorbasi, who was injured by an unexploded ordnance along with her six-year-old twin brother Yahya, is treated at Patient’s Friends Charity Hospital in Gaza City
UNRWA must be ‘allowed to do its work in Gaza’, says agency
UNWRA is continuing to make the plea that it must be allowed to resume its humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip.
“The International Court of Justice has said very clearly that what [the Israeli authorities] are currently doing is wrong and is against all obligations that member states are meant to follow,” UNWRA’s senior communications manager Jonathan Fowler told the BBC.
“It’s incumbent upon all member states of the United Nations to ensure that international law is followed by all other member states of the United Nations.”
The agency said UNRWA must be “allowed to do its work in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, and accountability must come”.
UNWRA’s remarks come a day after the US’s top diplomat Marco Rubio said that the UN agency “is not going to play any role” in aid delivery in Gaza.
Israel arrests 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast: Report
Israeli Navy boats arrested three fishermen after destroying their fishing equipment off the coast of Gaza City, Wafa reported, quoting local sources.
The Israeli Navy has long targeted fishermen off the coast of Gaza, shooting at them, arresting them and seizing their boats. However, since October 7, 2023, it has barred Palestinian fishermen from going out to sea at all, killing many.
Israeli forces wound 6 in Gaza since dawn: Sources
Medical sources in Gaza have told Al Jazeera that Israeli fire has wounded at least six Palestinians in various parts of the territory so far today.
