The United Nations has estimated that it would take 100 lorries some 14 years to remove the 300 kilograms of scrap metal per square metre covering the heavily destroyed Gaza Strip. And it is unlikely that the work could be done quickly, Peh Lodhammar from the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Geneva said on Friday, due to unexploded ordnances. There are no concrete estimates of how much live ammunition that did not explode on impact is lying in the ground, Lodhammar said. Typically, 10% of munit
Following NATO's decision to further strengthen Ukraine's air defences, President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed reserved satisfaction. "We in Ukraine appreciate the efforts of every leader, every state that is really active, keeps its promises and tries to improve the capabilities of our air defence," Zelensky said on Friday evening in his daily video address, which was unusually brief. NATO allies are to give more air-defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced o
At least two Palestinians have died and a further seven suffered gunshot wounds in an Israeli military operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm on the West Bank, the Palestinian health authority reported on Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that the operation had begun on Friday and was continuing into Saturday. It said the IDF forces were acting against armed opponents after being fired on and attacked with explosives. Four IDF soldiers had suffered injuries ranging
The Israeli army and border police have reportedly killed at least 10 gunmen in a major military operation in the West Bank. Eight Israeli soldiers and a member of the undercover Yamas special unit of the Magav border police were also injured in fighting in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The Israeli forces were shot at and attacked with explosive devices, he said. Palestinian media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health had previously reported two dead