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<article data-history-node-id="430201" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unexploded mines in Gaza pose "enormous" risks for displaced Palestinians returning home NGO Handicap International warned on Tuesday, AFP reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The NGO, which specialises in mine clearance and assistance to victims of anti-personnel mines, called for entry of equipment needed for demining.</p> <p>"The risks are enormous - an estimated 70,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on Gaza" since the start of the war, said Anne-Claire Yaeesh, the organisation's director for the Palestinian territories. "The layers of rubble and levels of accumulation are extremely high," Yaeesh added.&nbsp;</p> <p>She warned the risks are aggravated by the "extremely complex" nature of the environment, due to the limited space in densely populated urban areas.</p> <p>In January, the UN's Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimated that "five to 10 percent" of the munitions fired on Gaza had not exploded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430199" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-says-some-45-bodies-palestinians-returned-show-signs" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-says-some-45-bodies-palestinians-returned-show-signs" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospital says some of 45 Palestinian bodies returned show signs of torture</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Nasser hospital in Gaza received the remains of 45 Palestinians on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The hospital said they are expecting a total of 450 bodies of Palestinians to be returned to Gaza from Israel.</p> <p>The bodies belong to Palestinians who the Israeli military had detained and died while in detention since 7 October 2023.</p> <p>The hospital said some of the bodies showed signs of torture and had their hands bound. It was not immediately clear when or how they died.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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