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STORY: UNDP / GAZA DEBRIS REMOVAL, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
TRT: 04:32
SOURCE: UNDP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNDP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 OCTOBER 2025, DEIR AL BALAH / 16 OCTOBER 2025, GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
20 OCTOBER 2025, DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
1. Various shots, aerial views of debris crushing site
16 OCTOBER 2025, GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
2. Wide shot, cars driving through rubble-filled streets
3. Wide shot, people walking through rubble-filled streets
4. Various shots, rubble and destroyed buildings
5. Wide shot, UN cars arriving
6. Med shot, Special Representative for the UNDP Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) Jaco Cillers meeting with UNDP Gaza members
7. Close up, debris dump truck
8. Med shot, UNDP front loader truck
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“One of the biggest challenges that we as UNDP address is - how to clear the rubble that has been generated throughout Gaza. There’s about 55 million tons of rubble that have been generated. This is equal to 13 pyramids of Giza, which is a huge undertaking to clear.”
10. Various shots, Cilliers speaking to UNDP member in clean-up site
11. Various shots, demolition trucks removing rubble
12. Wide shot, UNDP members walking through rubble-filled streets
13. Med shot, destroyed buildings
14. Wide shot, UNDP members walking past destroyed buildings
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“So, one of the biggest challenges during the war was also the management of waste, solid waste. And this is a project that UNDP has been involved with since the start of the war.”
16. Wide shot, dump truck driving through rubble
17. Tracking shot, young child walking through rubble
18. Various shots, rubble-filled streets
19. Various shots, community members getting water from water truck
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“About 300 families are living here, and part of the initial services that UNDP is providing is water trucking. There is no water within this camp, and UNDP’s trucking water bows from places outside of Gaza City and providing it for distribution to the people. Water is a big, big challenge in the initial rebuilding efforts.”
21. Close up, water gallon filling up
22. Med shot, children filling up water containers
23. Tracking shot, young child carrying filled water jug on his back
24. Tracking shot, 2 men carrying water containers home
25. Med shot, young girls filling up water jugs at water truck
26. Wide shot, people filling up jugs at water truck
27. Various shots, young boys filling up jugs at water truck
28. Tracking shot, smiling young boy carrying a filled water jug
As the ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, the United Nations and its partners are rapidly scaling up operations as conditions on the ground allow, delivering life-saving assistance in areas that had been cut off for months.
Since October 2023, the devastating war has destroyed or damaged over 80 percent of all structures in Gaza.
UNDP PAPP, in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing, continued its rubble removal interventions.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“One of the biggest challenges that we as UNDP address is - how to clear the rubble that has been generated throughout Gaza. There’s about 55 million tons of rubble that have been generated. This is equal to 13 pyramids of Giza, which is a huge undertaking to clear.”
This year, UNDP has cleaned and repurposed over 81,000 tonnes of rubble, allowing access to critical access routes for aid, priority roads, and public facilities.
UN Satellite imaging estimates released in September 2025 put the put the amount of rubble at 61 million tonnes. Satellite imaging estimates customarily need to be verified on the ground.
In addition, UNDP continues to deliver safe drinking water and to support the management of solid waste in the Gaza Strip.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“So, one of the biggest challenges during the war was also the management of waste, solid waste. And this is a project that UNDP has been involved with since the start of the war.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Jaco Cillers, Special Representative, Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“About 300 families are living here, and part of the initial services that UNDP is providing is water trucking. There is no water within this camp, and UNDP’s trucking water bows from places outside of Gaza City and providing it for distribution to the people. Water is a big, big challenge in the initial rebuilding efforts.”
With support from the World Bank and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, and in partnership with the Palestinian Water Authority, over 141,000 m³ of water have been delivered since the beginning of the war, which have reached 300,000 people daily.
