Gaza Has 14 Times More Debris Than Total Created in All Conflicts Since 2008
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This is a staggering amount of debris concentrated in a region that’s one-sixteenth of the size of New York City.
Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Gaza has, over the course of 300 days, created a staggering amount of debris — not only burying Palestinians alive and destroying life-supporting infrastructure, but also putting Palestinians at risk to a number of pollutants that could cause diseases like cancer long after the genocide has ended. According to an assessment of satellite imagery by UN…