Hyderabad, Nov. 6 -- Gaza is facing an estimated 61 million to 68 million tonnes of rubble from buildings destroyed during Israel's war, with the debris containing hazardous waste, asbestos and remnants of explosives, according to the Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority.

The authority said the accumulated debris amounted to around 107 kg per square metre of the Gaza Strip. It estimated that the rubble contained four million tonnes of hazardous waste, at least 50,000 tonnes of asbestos and more than 100,000 tonnes of explosives, ammunition and white phosphorus remnants.

The figures were released in a statement posted on Facebook on Friday, November 6, marking the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environmen...