Gaza needs 15 years to remove rubble caused by war: UN agency

Clearing the Gaza Strip of the rubble caused by a deadly Israeli offensive will take about 15 years, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday.

“It would take up to 15 years to clear around 40 million tonnes of war rubble in Gaza,” Anadolu Agency reported UNRWA, citing an assessment by the UN Environment Programme.

It said the removal of the war debris in Gaza...