Tel Aviv, July 20 -- The Israeli government approved on Sunday a proposal to establish a national steering team to coordinate the treatment of the extensive rubble waste created following Iranian missile strikes during Operation "Rising Lion."

The decision is intended to provide an urgent response to the environmental and health challenge and to enable efficient, safe and sustainable removal and treatment of waste, with the aim of accelerating the rehabilitation of the affected areas, said the government.

According to preliminary estimates by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, between 500,000 and 800,000 tons of demolition waste were generated across the country as a result of the operation.

This waste, which includes the demoli...