The UN always forgets about the part where Hamas started the war, just like every other time when they’ve broken the ceasefire. Perhaps the United Nations, which itself designates Hamas a terrorist organization, shouldn’t have been propping them up
Gaza conflict has caused major environmental damage, UN says
The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from explosive devices, a United Nations report on the environmental impact of the war said on Tuesday.
The war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist terrorist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, has swiftly reversed limited progress in improving the region’s water desalination and wastewater treatment facilities, restoring the Wadi Gaza coastal wetland, and investments in solar power installations, according to a preliminary assessment from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
I’m failing to see anything from the UN about how Hamas took water pipes and turned them into rockets
Explosive weapons have generated some 39 million tons of debris, the report said. Each square metre of the Gaza Strip is now littered with more than 107 kilograms (236 lbs) of debris. That is more than five times the debris generated during the battle for Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, the report said.
“All of this is deeply harming people’s health, food security and Gaza’s resilience,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen.
Gaza’s environment was already suffering from recurring conflicts, rapid urban growth, and high population density, before the most recent conflict began on October 7.
Yeah, the one that Hamas started.
The UN assessment adds to concerns about the unfolding humanitarian crisis and the environmental costs of war, with Ukraine also recording widespread ecological damage over the past two years.
“Understanding the environmental impacts of war is a grand challenge of our time,” said Eoghan Darbyshire, a senior researcher at the UK-based nonprofit Conflict and Environment Observatory. “The impacts will not only be felt locally where the fighting is taking place, but may be displaced or even felt at the global scale via greenhouse gas emissions.”
Don’t start a war.
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American Jews voted for Biden, should they be hated for that ?
Not hated, just stupid.
Conservatives cannot understand why Jews or Blacks would vote for Democrats, calling them “stupid”.
Oddly enough, no one is complaining about the environmental cost the Ukrainians are inflicting on the Earth. All that Jet fuel, Diesel, Rocket motors, COMP B and RDX release lots of toxins into the air, water and soil. Add to that the uranium shells the UK and USA gave to the Ukrainians to use, guaranteed to poison the “Breadbasket of Europe” forever. Finally add in all those burning vehicles and the massive landfills that will be need to store all that rubble forever.
A confused comment proclaime: no one is complaining about the environmental cost the Ukrainians are inflicting on the Earth
Normal people blame Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.