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Gaza's 61m tonnes of rubble may conceal 10,000 bodies
Original: 61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Aid workers in Gaza are beginning the enormous task of clearing roughly 61 million tonnes of rubble left by the war, a job complicated by the estimate that up to 10,000 bodies may still lie buried beneath the ruins. Crews must balance rapid reconstruction with the delicate work of recovering and identifying the dead, a process expected to take years.
Why now: New reporting has highlighted the scale and humanitarian sensitivity of Gaza's postwar rubble clearance.
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- 61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies · The Guardian
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