The conflict in Gaza has led to unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation facilities and leaving behind tons of explosives debris, a United Nations report on the war’s environmental impact said on Tuesday.
The war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, has quickly reversed limited progress in improving the region’s water desalination and wastewater treatment plants, restoring the Wadi Gaza coastal wetland and investing in solar energy facilities made, according to a preliminary investigation. assessment of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Explosive weapons generated some 39 million tons of debris, the report said. Every square meter of the Gaza Strip is now littered with more than 107 kilograms of rubble. That’s more than five times the amount of debris generated during the battle for Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, the report said.
