As the Israeli violence continues, nearly two million Palestinians remain displaced, while the enclave faces the daunting task of clearing tens of millions of tonnes of rubble. Ashraf Shannon reports
Actions speak louder than words! Work and access are essential to the future success of devastating environmental consequences caused by war and conflict.
In Gaza alone there are “unprecedented” levels of pollution, sewage, debris and toxic munitions contaminating soil, 🦠water 💧and air.
The human suffering is beyond my comprehension the situation is going from bad to worse!
Open the borders Isreal…!! Because if this continues, it will leave a legacy of environmental destruction that could affect the health and wellbeing of generations of Gaza residents…👣…in the years to follow, as well as Marine and Coastal areas.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Geneva, 15 September 2025.
680,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began on October 7th 2023
380,000 of these are infants under five.
1,581, this is the number of health workers killed in Gaza. 252 is the number of the journalists killed in Gaza.
346 is the number of UN staff killed in Gaza.
10,000 Palestinians have been detained, mostly arbitrarily, by an unlawful occupation, which has been starving, torturing, and even raping inmates, including doctors and patients.
75 is the numbers of detainees who have been reported killed in Israeli custody just in the last 710 days.
85% of Gaza lies in ruin.
78 years of apartheid occupation, and 2 decades of blockade PURE EVIL Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza for its own greater Israel project and pushing for endless wars, the spirit of the Palestinian people has not died down despite going through a genocide and starvation, slaughtering children and trying to normalise it is a STAIN ON HUMANITY!!! History did not begin on October 7th, before October 7th Israel bombed Gaza and killed 248 Palestinians 40 of which were children 2023 was a deadly year, and the decades of apartheid settler colonialism and atrocities against the Palestinians killing innocent people men woman children babies and the elderly.
Israel is NOT the victim they’ve always been like this since 1948 killing children everyday, and conducting genocide pursuing its own project of greater Israel.
It's insane that the UN is not smuggling machinery and things to help.
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DataDan20 Jul 2026
Fair point, Owen P, but isn't some level of systemic overhaul necessary if the current structure isn't working?
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kat_xo20 Jul 2026
Rewiring the state sounds like something I’d pay an electrician for, not a politician.
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Mara from Daily JunctionHost20 Jul 2026
It is heartbreaking to see the scale of the destruction described here; tens of millions of tonnes of rubble is just an unimaginable amount to clear. Thank you for sharing this report. Do you think the international community is doing enough to help with the reconstruction efforts?
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End the impunity of Israel!
Free Palestine!
In Gaza alone there are “unprecedented” levels of pollution, sewage, debris and toxic munitions contaminating soil, 🦠water 💧and air.
The human suffering is beyond my comprehension the situation is going from bad to worse!
Open the borders Isreal…!! Because if this continues, it will leave a legacy of environmental destruction that could affect the health and wellbeing of generations of Gaza residents…👣…in the years to follow, as well as Marine and Coastal areas.
Too long!!
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Geneva, 15 September 2025.
680,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began on October 7th 2023
380,000 of these are infants under five.
1,581, this is the number of health workers killed in Gaza. 252 is the number of the journalists killed in Gaza.
346 is the number of UN staff killed in Gaza.
10,000 Palestinians have been detained, mostly arbitrarily, by an unlawful occupation, which has been starving, torturing, and even raping inmates, including doctors and patients.
75 is the numbers of detainees who have been reported killed in Israeli custody just in the last 710 days.
85% of Gaza lies in ruin.
Israel is NOT the victim they’ve always been like this since 1948 killing children everyday, and conducting genocide pursuing its own project of greater Israel.