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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 04 March 2023. Palestinian members of Civil defense firefighters effort to control a fire that broke out at the main waste in Johr Al-Deek, southeast of Gaza City

  1. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) The spokesperson for the emergency committee in the Gaza municipality, Hosny Muhanna
  2. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) The spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 04 March 2023. Palestinian members of Civil defense firefighters effort to control a fire that broke out at the main waste in Johr Al-Deek, southeast of Gaza City 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) The spokesperson for the emergency committee in the Gaza municipality, Hosny Muhanna 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) The spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal STORYLINE: A large fire broke out in the main garbage dump in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, while the local authorities warned of an "environmental catastrophe" as it continued for several days due to the lack of the necessary capabilities to extinguish it. Juhr al-Dik landfill contains accumulated solid waste amounting to about 4 million tons since 1986 to date, and it is located on an area of ​​220 dunams The Gaza Strip has been blockaded by Israel since 2007, resulting in half of its population of two million living in poverty today and unemployment of about 45 percent. Footage by /APA

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