This is a staggering amount of debris concentrated in a region that’s one-sixteenth of the size of New York City.
Palestinians return to their homes after the withdrawal of Israeli army from the eastern Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 30, 2024.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.
This amounts to 14 times the total amount of debris created in all other conflicts across the globe in the last 16 years, all concentrated in a regionof New York City with one of the densest populations on Earth. This amounts to 114 kilograms of debris for every square meter of the Gaza Strip, or about 23 pounds per square foot.
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