Tens of thousands of people will risk death or injury this weekend from shells and bombs buried in rubble when they try to reach their ruined homes in areas of Gaza that have been inaccessible throughout much of the 15-month war, explosive disposal experts and aid officials have warned.
People planning return to neighbourhoods to search for loved ones and assess damage to homes this weekend.
Speaking from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Amjad Shawa, the director of the Palestinian NGOs Network in Gaza, said: “There is likely to be massive movement over the next few days and people are also going to be trying to find their loved ones or whoever under the rubble.
About 2 million Palestinians have been displaced during the war and are living in makeshift shelters and tented camps far from their former homes.
We are telling children especially tell authorities if they find anything and stay away from it.”.
