An international aid organization says unexploded munitions left by Israeli forces after 15 months of the regime’s onslaught on Gaza, threaten the lives of thousands of civilians.
Handicap International described the volume of ordnance dropped on Gaza as mind-boggling, noting that nine to 13 percent of those munitions do not explode on initial impact. The organization noted that much of the unexploded munitions lie mainly within the rubble and underneath the surface of Gaza. It warned of the risk of multiple deaths and injuries as hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians return home to recover their belongings and try to rebuild. The organization said making Gaza safe from unexploded bombs is especially difficult because it is impossible to evacuate the population from the territories to be decontaminated.