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Palestinians continue to recycle iron from bombed out buildings

February 20, 2014 at 3:30 pm

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These bombed out shells were once tourist hotels; the Al-Jazeera and the Shihab Plus, before they were targeted by Israeli F-16 fighter jets during the 2008/2009 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. As a result of the continuing blockade on Gaza following the war and Israeli restriction on the entry of construction materials in particular, only very limited reconstruction has been able to take place.


In response to this dire situation, Palestinian workers must painstakingly sift through the rubble from the devastation and separate the mangled scrap iron from the concrete and stone. The scrap iron is then modified in a process to produce iron bars which can then be used in new construction.

Israel continues to ignore international appeals and the pleas of peace activists to lift the siege on Gaza.

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MEMO Photographer: Mohammed Asad