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Remotely operated explosive robots were deployed by Israel crossed Gaza, causing galore Palestinian civilian deaths, wide destruction.
Published On 25 Oct 2025
A Palestinian antheral returning to his Gaza neighbourhood destroyed by Israeli bombardment has recovered an unexploded Israeli armoured conveyance amid the rubble wherever helium has had to acceptable up impermanent shelter.
Families began returning to the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis pursuing the ceasefire that took effect connected October 10, joining much than 435,000 radical who person made their mode backmost successful the different absorption to bluish areas from displacement camps further south.
Many person recovered neighbourhoods razed to the ground, tangled metallic and adjacent unsafe weapons wherever determination utilized to beryllium residential buildings and homes.
With obscurity to settee and ample parts of Gaza inactive occupied by Israel’s army, Ayman Qadourah has resorted to pitching his household structure implicit a hulking subject machine, known locally arsenic an “explosive robot“, which carried almighty bombs utilized to flatten full blocks.
The remotely operated explosive robots were deployed by Israel crossed municipality areas successful Gaza, causing wide harm to infrastructure.
Qadourah came backmost to his location successful Khan Younis a period ago. His neighbour’s location contained different explosive-laden device, helium said. An F-16 rocket had carved a crater 3 metres heavy betwixt the 2 properties, portion 2 much struck the rear of his home.
“Unexploded devices similar that are a superior hazard,” helium told Al Jazeera. “For example, if immoderate flammable liquid comes adjacent to it the flames volition beryllium massive, entity high.”
Qadourah worries that if 1 of the explosives detonates, it could obliterate an full neighbourhood. To trim the risk, helium regularly covers the machines with sand.
In aboriginal September, Gaza’s Government Media Office reported that Israel had detonated much than 100 explosive-laden robots implicit the last 3 weeks of August.
Satellite investigation by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) recovered that crossed the Khan Younis governorate, much than 42,000 buildings were affected, with the metropolis itself, the Gaza Strip’s 2nd astir populous, accounting for astatine slightest 19,000 damaged structures.
Across the full Gaza Strip, much than 227,000 lodging units person been damaged, according to UN assessments, leaving hundreds of thousands of radical with obscurity to instrumentality to oregon live.
Luke David Irving, who heads the UN’s Mine Action Service successful the occupied Palestinian territory, describes the menace from explosive ordnance crossed Gaza arsenic “incredibly high”. His bureau has identified astatine slightest 560 specified devices successful areas it has been capable to reach, though the existent standard remains unknown.
Since October 2023, 328 radical person been killed oregon injured by unexploded ordnance, according to reports received by the UN, though the toll is believed to beryllium higher.
Qadourah’s children present deterioration apparel helium pulled from beneath the rubble. The garments person caused terrible tegument infections, including rashes and abscesses.
“Despite each that, we are forced to unrecorded here, due to the fact that determination are simply nary alternatives. Currently, determination is obscurity to go,” helium said. “There isn’t an inch of abstraction left”, helium added, referring to the crowded conditions astatine the al-Mawasi campy successful the south.
Palestinians who person remained successful the southbound “will not budge until a imperishable solution is reached” to the lodging issues, Qadourah added.
Humanitarian agencies person ramped up assistance deliveries since the ceasefire, distributing food, tents, hygiene supplies and fuel, but Israel continues to heavy restrict the travel of aid, and the people of getting 600 trucks into the devastated and hopeless enclave a time is presently acold from being a reality.
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