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STORY: GAZA / DEIR AL BALAH CITY UNEXPLODED MISSILES
TRT: 01:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH CITY, CENTRAL GAZA STRIP
1. Wide shot, unexploded missile lying on the side of a street east of Deir al-Balah city
2. Wide shot, missile next to a wall with the word "Danger" written in Arabic
3. Wide shot, passersby near unexploded missile from an Israeli warplane
4. Various shots, unexploded missile
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Al-Sawy, Displaced Person, Rawafed Shelter Centre:
"We are forced to live here. This missile has been next to us since last January. We are displaced from Gaza City, and until now, we have contacted many relevant authorities, both local and international, including the UN, but we haven’t found a solution. We are displaced at the Rawafed shelter, and this poses a danger to our children, young and old. As you can see, everyone passes by it, and no one is doing anything for us."
6. Various shots, unexploded missile
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Abu Jarad, Displaced Person, Rawafed Shelter Centre:
"This missile was dropped by an Israeli F-16 warplane last January, but it didn’t explode. We’ve contacted everyone to remove the missile because this area is densely populated, and there are many children here. We try to keep the children away from it because this missile could explode at any moment and cause a catastrophe. Therefore, we call on everyone, including the UN and relevant authorities, to remove the missile, as it could cause a major humanitarian disaster."
8. Various shots, Palestinian children playing next to an unexploded missile
Unexploded missiles in the streets of areas in the Gaza Strip, and near destroyed buildings, pose a real danger to the lives of Palestinian residents, especially in the absence of effective measures to remove and neutralize them, as the war has continued almost 12 consecutive months.
Residents complain about the lack of specialized agencies to remove the unexploded missiles and are forced to live next to them, as the safe zones designated by the Israeli army in the southern Gaza Strip shrink.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Al-Sawy, Displaced Person, Rawafed Shelter Centre:
"We are forced to live here. This missile has been next to us since last January. We are displaced from Gaza City, and until now, we have contacted many relevant authorities, both local and international, including the UN, but we haven’t found a solution. We are displaced at the Rawafed shelter, and this poses a danger to our children, young and old. As you can see, everyone passes by it, and no one is doing anything for us."
Next to the Rawafed Shelter Centre in Deir al-Balah, where dozens of displaced families from Gaza City live, residents are forced to coexist with an unexploded missile that Israeli warplanes dropped last January and has yet to be removed.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Abu Jarad, Displaced Person, Rawafed Shelter Centre:
"This missile was dropped by an Israeli F-16 warplane last January, but it didn’t explode. We’ve contacted everyone to remove the missile because this area is densely populated, and there are many children here. We try to keep the children away from it because this missile could explode at any moment and cause a catastrophe. Therefore, we call on everyone, including the UN and relevant authorities, to remove the missile, as it could cause a major humanitarian disaster."
A previous report from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) stated that approximately 7,500 tons of unexploded ordnance are scattered across the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing war, and it will take around 14 years to remove them.
The United Nations Mine Action Service conducts awareness campaigns about the dangers of these explosives through social media and sends text messages to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
