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STORY: GAZA / UNMAS UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
TRT: 05:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 03 NOVEMBER 2025, GAZA CITY, PALESTINE
1. Various shots, street in Gaza City showing an unexploded missile lying on the roadside, dropped from an Israeli warplane
2. Various shots, residents moving through the street, with the missile visible on the roadside
3. Various shots, tents of displaced families on both sides of the road in Al-Rimal neighbourhood, one of the neighbourhoods in Gaza City heavily destroyed by the war
4. Various shots, tent where the Al-Anqar family, displaced from Al-Shuja'iyya in eastern Gaza City, is living
5. Various shots, two children from the Al-Anqar family injured by shrapnel across their bodies, standing in front of their tent next to a residential building destroyed by the war
6. Various shots, the two children, Zain and Jude, with visible injuries caused by the explosion of a suspicious war remnant
7. Pan right, the children Zain and Jude speaking to the camera, with Zain pointing to the place where a remnant of war exploded while they were collecting firewood
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zain Al-Anqar, Injured Child:
“What happened is that we were in the south of the Strip and returned to Gaza City, to this area, where we set up our tents. At noon we needed to cook food, so we went to collect wood, paper, and plastic. We lifted something that was covering the object, and then it exploded. We couldn’t see anything and suddenly found ourselves falling onto the rubble, each one of us in a different place.”
9. Various shots, the two children, Zain and Jude from the Al-Anqar family, standing in front of their tent next to a residential building destroyed by the war
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jude Al-Anqar, Injured Child:
“When we were collecting cardboard, something suddenly exploded, and we only felt ourselves flying from the force of the blast.”
11. Various shots, the mother of Jude Al-Anqar cooking over firewood in front of their tent
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mother of Injured Children:
“We fear for our children because of the remnants of war. As you can see, this place is full of metal, and we do not know what lies among it. Surely many remnants of war have fallen here. What happened to our children because of this place could happen to others. We ask God to protect us.”
13. Various shots, mother of Jude Al-Anqar cooking over firewood in front of their tent
14. Various shots, the two children, Zain and Jude from the Al-Anqar family, standing in front of their tent next to a residential building destroyed by the war
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has warned that unexploded ordnance continues to pose a serious threat in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire, with injuries reported among residents returning to devastated areas.
Unexploded shells and missiles are scattered across the Al-Rimal neighbourhood and other parts of Gaza City, visible among the rubble and along roadsides months after the war, exposing civilians to the risk of detonation as they attempt to return to their homes or search for basic necessities.
Displaced families say they have been forced to set up tents near areas suspected of containing ordnance due to the lack of safe shelter options. In one incident, the Anqar family, displaced from Al-Shuja'iyya, reported that an explosive device detonated as children were collecting firewood for cooking in western Gaza.
The mother of Jude Al-Anqar, who was injured in the blast, said the area is “full of rubble and we don’t know what is hidden inside.” His cousin, Yazan Al-Anqar, said he had been gathering wood when “an object covered in debris exploded.”
The United Nations says incidents linked to remnants of war are recorded weekly in the enclave, warning that clearing ordnance from beneath the rubble will be “a long and complex process.” Aid agencies add that the dangers are hindering the return of residents and slowing reconstruction efforts, with families resorting to primitive methods of cooking in unsafe areas.
UNMAS called for urgent funding to support explosive-removal operations and to provide safer shelter, stressing that clearing residential areas is essential for civilians to return and for schools and critical facilities to reopen.
