The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) quoted local authorities in Gaza as saying that a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured and had his limbs amputated after he opened a bomb-laden food container that was found while searching for his belongings in his home that was bombed by Israeli forces in Khan Yunis. “.
The OCHA office said that the injured child was just one victim among “several people recently injured” according to reports due to supplies rigged with explosive devices.
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates that there are about 7,500 tons of unexploded ordnance scattered across Gaza, which could take up to 14 years to remove.
To mitigate the risks to civilians and relief teams in the meantime, the department issued urgent appeals for assistance from the international community to remove explosive remnants of war.
