[News] Israeli army turns Gaza border areas into a dumping ground for settlements’ waste

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  Israeli army turns Gaza border areas into a dumping ground for
  settlements’ waste

Sunday 26-October-2025

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GAZA, (PIC)

Footage has shown Israeli trucks transporting construction debris from 
settlements adjacent to Gaza into the Strip through the Kissufim 
crossing, dumping it in areas destroyed by the genocide war.

The footage, published by Haaretz on Sunday, shows Israeli trucks 
leaving the settlements loaded with construction waste and heading into 
Gaza. The trucks advance roughly 200 to 300 meters inside the Strip and 
unload their cargo along roadsides, rather than at designated sites, 
before returning empty to the settlements.

On the Israeli side, bulldozers refill the trucks with more waste, which 
then follow the same route back into Gaza to dump their loads again.

According to the report, massive amounts of construction debris and 
waste have accumulated in the area, much of it left behind by the 
Israeli army during the war as it built dozens of bases and military 
posts near the border, along with infrastructure, fences, roads, and 
concrete barriers.

Haaretz quoted Israeli army officers as saying that field commanders had 
issued orders allowing trucks owned by private companies to enter Gaza 
and dump their waste “wherever they see fit.”

A soldier currently serving inside Gaza and living in a nearby kibbutz 
said, “Mountains of garbage will remain inside the Strip right in front 
of our homes for the rest of our lives. What’s the logic in dumping 
thousands of tons of waste just a few hundred meters from our houses?”

According to one source who asked his commanders why waste was being 
dumped inside Gaza in undesignated locations, the response he received 
was that “countries will soon enter Gaza to oversee reconstruction, and 
they will handle this debris.”

The Gaza Strip faces the largest construction and humanitarian disaster 
in modern history. Estimates indicate there are between 65 and 70 
million tons of rubble and debris resulting from the genocidal war waged 
by Israel over the past two years, according to figures from Gaza’s 
Government Media Office.

This rubble includes the remains of thousands of homes, facilities, and 
vital infrastructure deliberately destroyed by the occupation army, 
turning the Strip into an environmentally and structurally devastated 
area. It has also severely hindered rescue operations and the delivery 
of humanitarian aid.

Efforts to remove the rubble face immense obstacles, as Israel continues 
to block the entry of heavy machinery and rescue equipment, in addition 
to the presence of around 20,000 unexploded ordnances, bombs and 
missiles dropped during the war.

The Government Media Office stresses that this reality compels the 
international community to shoulder its legal and humanitarian 
responsibilities by pressuring Israel to open the crossings and 
immediately begin clearing the debris, paving the way for Gaza’s 
reconstruction after the catastrophe that has befallen it.

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