Mideast in Pictures: Environmental catastrophe in Gaza-Xinhua
Mideast in Pictures: Environmental catastrophe in Gaza
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-12-28 06:38:15
Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
GAZA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has long warned that "sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane."
The prolonged Gaza war has caused significant environmental damage, with mountains of garbage piling up and sewage leaking onto the streets across the Palestinian coastal enclave.
The ongoing Israeli attacks have reduced buildings and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip to millions of tons of rubble. UNRWA said earlier in the year that it could take years to remove these rubble and debris.
A Palestinian collects items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Palestinians are seen on a path between tents for displaced people and a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Palestinian children collect items at a garbage dump in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)■
