Hyderabad, April 27 -- A United Nation (UN) official said that clearing huge amount of debris, including unexploded ordnance left over from the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, may take around 14 years.

The announcement was made by Pehr Lodhammar, senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) during a press conference in Geneva on Friday, April 26.

The war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris in the highly populated area, said Lodhammar.

After nearly seven months of continuous Israeli shelling, he claimed it was hard to pinpoint the precise amount of unexploded munitions in the enclave where formerly massively built-up and densely populated districts have been reduced to rubble.

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