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Explosives experts from Hamas search a destroyed building for unexploded projectiles. AFP
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An official of the Palestinian group Hamas lays out unexploded projectiles after the May 2021 conflict with Israel, at a police station in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and other militant groups fired more than 4,300 rockets at Israel during the conflict, according to the Israeli military. Israel has not given a precise figure of the number of air strikes it launched. AFP
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Explosives experts from Hamas retrieve unexploded projectiles from a field in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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The 11-day conflict killed at least 248 Gazans and forced more than 100,000 from their homes. AFP
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Explosives experts prepare to collect an unexploded projectile. AFP
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An expert unearths an unexploded projectile in a field in Khan Yunis. AFP
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Officers carry away an unexploded projectile. AFP
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Experts stow away, in the back of a vehicle unexploded projectiles collected from fields in Khan Yunis. AFP
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Explosives experts from Hamas search a destroyed building for unexploded projectiles. AFP
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An official of the Palestinian group Hamas lays out unexploded projectiles after the May 2021 conflict with Israel, at a police station in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and other militant groups fired more than 4,300 rockets at Israel during the conflict, according to the Israeli military. Israel has not given a precise figure of the number of air strikes it launched. AFP
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Explosives experts from Hamas retrieve unexploded projectiles from a field in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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The 11-day conflict killed at least 248 Gazans and forced more than 100,000 from their homes. AFP
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Explosives experts prepare to collect an unexploded projectile. AFP
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An expert unearths an unexploded projectile in a field in Khan Yunis. AFP
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Officers carry away an unexploded projectile. AFP
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Experts stow away, in the back of a vehicle unexploded projectiles collected from fields in Khan Yunis. AFP
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Explosives experts from Hamas search a destroyed building for unexploded projectiles. AFP
Gaza faces crisis of hundreds of unexploded bombs, say experts
Unexploded munitions continue to kill civilians long after conflicts end
Hana Salah
21 June, 2021
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