Children are scavenging through huge rubbish pile in Khan Younis: UNRWA

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, delivering aid to people in Gaza, which Israel has banned, has reported that there is a 1sq km rubbish pile in Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reports.

“Every day we see children, animals and families scavenging through the trash, looking for scraps of food to eat or material to burn to keep warm,” said the agency’s spokesperson Louise Wateridge from the southern part of the enclave.

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