Rubble and Tombstones: “Unprecedented” Suffering in Gaza
Amidst the rubble of what was once his two-story house, 11-year-old Mohamed Al-Shamali collects pieces of fallen ceiling into a broken bucket and crushes them into gravel, which his father will use to make tombstones for the victims of the Gaza war.
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This is just a small part of the efforts beginning to take shape to deal with the debris left behind by the Israeli military campaign to eliminate Hamas.
The United Nations estimates that there are more than 42 million tons of rubble, including destroyed buildings still standing and collapsed structures. The UN added that this is 14 times the amount of debris accumulated in Gaza between 2008 and the start of the war last year, and more than five times the debris left after the Battle of Mosul in Iraq between 2016 and 2017.
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Three UN officials said that the international organization is trying to provide assistance as the authorities in the Gaza Strip consider how to handle the rubble.
Pollution Risk
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimated that around 2.3 million tons of debris might be contaminated. based on an assessment of the eight refugee camps in Gaza, some of which were bombed.
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Asbestos fibers, when inhaled, can cause cancers of the larynx, ovaries, and lungs.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded around one million cases of acute respiratory infections in Gaza over the past year, without specifying how many were linked to dust exposure.
Doctors fear an increase in cancer cases and birth defects in newborns due to metal leakage in the coming decades.
