Loop is buried under more than 61 million tons of debris after two years of war. Thus, three quarters of the buildings were destroyed, according to data collected from the United Nations Organization (UN)
As of July 8, 2025, the Israeli army had damaged nearly 193,000 buildings in the densely populated territorythat is, 78% of the structures existing before the conflict began on October 7, 2023, according to the satellite analysis of the United Nations UNOSAT program.
Gaza is buried under 61 million tons of rubble
In an evaluation of images of Gaza City taken on September 22 and 23, the UN agency estimated that An even higher proportion – 83% – of the city’s buildings had been damaged or destroyed.
The 61.5 million tons of debris estimated on the Gaza Strip equivalent to almost 170 times the weight of the Empire State Building in New York already more than 169 kilos for every square meter of the territory
Nearly two-thirds of the debris was generated in the first five months of the war, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The destruction of buildings also accelerated in the months leading up to the current ceasefire.
Between April and July 2025, eight million tons of debris were generated, mainly in the south between Rafah and Khan Yunis. A preliminary analysis published by UNEP in August warned that the debris poses a serious risk to the health of the exposed population.
The UN agency suggests that at least 4.9 million tons of debris could be contaminated with asbestos from old buildingsespecially near refugee camps such as those in Jabaliya, in the north; Nuseirat and al Maghazi, in the center; and Rafah and Khan Yunis.
UNEP also reports that at least 2.9 million tonnes of debris could be contaminated with “hazardous waste from known industrial sites.”
The UN assured that the US and the EU were complicit in the genocide in the Gaza Strip
In his latest report, United Nations (UN) denounced USA already European Union for being complicit in the genocide in the Gaza Strip committed by Israel. They considered that Without the support of Western countries it would not have been possible to carry out “the prolonged and systematic violations of international law”.
The document prepared by the United Nations rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, was titled “The genocide in Gaza: a collective crime“The details of the text will be published on Tuesday, October 28, although the UN announced that it emphasizes that the human rights violations committed in Gaza were not committed in isolation, “but as part of a system of global complicity.”
Source: Ambito
