<article data-history-node-id="430201" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unexploded mines in Gaza pose "enormous" risks for displaced Palestinians returning home NGO Handicap International warned on Tuesday, AFP reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The NGO, which specialises in mine clearance and assistance to victims of anti-personnel mines, called for entry of equipment needed for demining.</p> <p>"The risks are enormous - an estimated 70,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on Gaza" since the start of the war, said Anne-Claire Yaeesh, the organisation's director for the Palestinian territories. "The layers of rubble and levels of accumulation are extremely high," Yaeesh added.&nbsp;</p> <p>She warned the risks are aggravated by the "extremely complex" nature of the environment, due to the limited space in densely populated urban areas.</p> <p>In January, the UN's Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimated that "five to 10 percent" of the munitions fired on Gaza had not exploded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430200" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-speak-and-show-signs-enduring-violence-israeli" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-speak-and-show-signs-enduring-violence-israeli" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian prisoners speak about and show signs of violence against them in Israeli prisons </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">Some Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons on Monday are suffering from health problems as a result of enduring violence in prison, doctors and released prisoners told the Associated Press</p> <p>Imed al-Shami, a resident doctor at The Palestine Medical Complex (PMC)&nbsp;in Ramallah, which received 14 men who were released and discharged all but two,&nbsp;said the conditions of patients suggested they “were subjected to severe beatings, reflecting the extent of the violence they endured”.</p> <p>Kamal Abu Shanab, who was released after more than 18 years in prison, said beatings caused his shoulder to tear. “For eight months, I wasn’t given even a pill for the pain,” he said.</p> <p>Israel’s prison service denied claims of violence towards Palestinian prisoners.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><em>- Reporting by AP</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

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