Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert
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Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talksSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageIsrael’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining official said.Nearly seven months into the war, there is an average 300kg of rubble a square metre of land in Gaza, Pehr Lodhammar, the former United Nationals Mine Action...

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