The explosives engineering division in the Ministry of
Interior in the Gaza Strip yesterday destroyed around five tonnes of
unexploded bombs that were launched by the Israeli army on the sector
during their latest assault.

Imad Al-Amasi, director of the division, told the Anadolu news agency:
“Today, we were able to successfully destroy the remnants of the
Israeli occupation’s bombs, which were dropped during Israel’s war on
the Gaza Strip on the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis, southern Gaza
Strip, but did not explode.”

An Anadolu reporter was present during when the bombs were destroyed, which occurred in an open area, west of Khan Yunis.

Al-Amasi said that the materials, which were “heavy bombs, missiles
of different sizes, types and shapes, and artillery shells” were
collected from different residential and border areas that were subject
to bombing or ground invasion.

He said approximately “five tonnes” of munitions had been collected from the areas of Khan Yunis and Rafah as a first stage.

Work is still being carried out to retrieve unexploded bombs from other areas in the Gaza Strip in order to destroy them.

On August 13, five people were killed, including two explosives
engineers and two journalists, and six others were injured when an
unexploded Israeli rocket detonated in the northern Gaza Strip.