‘This is like a slow death’: Environmental toll of Gaza war laid bare in first UN assessment
Families forced to burn plastic to cook food. Raw sewage spilling onto beaches, and over 107 kilograms of debris for every square metre. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s first assessment of the war in Gaza details the “unprecedented” environmental impacts of Israel’s onslaught over the past eight months. Published yesterday, the preliminary assessment responds to an official request from the State of Palestine in December last year. “Not only are the people of Gaza dealing with untold suffering from the ongoing war, the significant and growing environmental damage in Gaza risks locking it...