We have become an enabler of the humanitarian response into Gaza,” said Charles Mungo Birch, chief of the UNMAS mine action program in the Palestinian territories. “That convoy evacuated over 30 premature babies, which we returned to southern Gaza, and only one of them died,” he said. UNMAS estimates there are 37 million tons of rubble in Gaza, amounting to 300 kilos (660 pounds) per square meter of surface. Last year, UNMAS recorded 1,500 victims of explosive ordnance in the Tigray and Afar regions in northern Ethiopia, with men and young boys accounting for 80% of the victims. But there is no humanitarian clearance happening in the county because of not having authorization for organizations to do so,” she said.

Source: Ethiopian News May 01, 2024 20:00 UTC