In February, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the United States take over Gaza and take responsibility for clearing unexploded bombs and other weapons, to create the “Riviera of the Middle East”.
The challenge to clear the lethal remnants, examined here in detail for the first time, is huge. Israel’s bombardments resumed in March after a January ceasefire fell apart, an offensive that the United Nations said has captured or depopulated two-thirds of the enclave. More bombs fall daily. By October 2024, Israel’s military said, it had already carried out over 40,000 air strikes on the Strip. The U.N. Mine Action Service estimates that between one in 10 and one in 20 bombs fired into Gaza did not go off.
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Source: Reuters News
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