<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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In Gaza, farmland once green with olives and strawberries now lies in ashes. The air reeks of burning plastic and toxic dust, the soil glows with unexploded metal, and the sea is slick with sewage.

Gaza (QNN)- Tuesday marked the second anniversary of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which began in October 2023 and ended on Friday after both Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire plan proposed by US…

<article data-history-node-id="429859" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-international-parties-compel-israel-implement-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-international-parties-compel-israel-implement-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas calls on international parties to compel Israel to implement ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas called on the US President Trump, the guarantor states of the agreement, and all Arab, Islamic, and international parties to "compel the occupation government to fully implement its obligations under the agreement."</p> <p>The group said in a statement that it&nbsp;"highly appreciates the efforts of our brothers and mediators in Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey" and also "values the efforts of US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war completely and achieving a full withdrawal of the occupation from the&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;Strip."</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) in announcing the outlines of the...