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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Israeli army turns Gaza border
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<p class="gmail-single_date">Sunday 26-October-2025</p>
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<p>GAZA, (PIC)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 \u201cwherever they
see fit.\u201d</p>
<p>A soldier currently serving inside Gaza and living in a
nearby kibbutz said, \u201cMountains of garbage will remain inside
the Strip right in front of our homes for the rest of our
lives. What\u2019s the logic in dumping thousands of tons of waste
just a few hundred meters from our houses?\u201d</p>
<p>According to one source who asked his commanders why waste
was being dumped inside Gaza in undesignated locations, the
response he received was that \u201ccountries will soon enter Gaza
to oversee reconstruction, and they will handle this debris.\u201d</p>
<p>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\u2019s Government Media
Office.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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\u2019s reconstruction after the catastrophe that
has befallen it.</p>
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