UNRWA estimates nearly 23 million tons of debris spread across Gaza

More than five months of Israeli attacks on Gaza have left nearly 23 million tons of debris, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday.

The UNWA posted on X that it estimates "this rubble – along with unexploded munitions – will take years to clear."

While the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is working with mine action partners to assess the threat of unexploded ordnance in the enclave, "response efforts have been hampered by restrictions on the import of humanitarian mine action supplies and authorization requirements on the deployment of specialized personnel," it said.