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Calming Gaza's waters and protecting its shores

The system sees large sandbags placed around 20 metres from the beach. These act as wave breakers and will protect the homes which overlook Gaza's sandy beaches. 

November 22, 2021 at 1:18 pm

A new project has been launched to help calm the waves which crash into Gaza’s shores and protect seaside properties.

Engineer Nasser Thabet said this is the first of its kind measure in Gaza, which it is hoped will see the waves slowed and calmed upon their approach to the beach and therefore their ability to erode the local area reduced.

The system sees large sandbags placed around 20 metres from the beach. These act as wave breakers and will protect the homes which overlook Gaza’s sandy beaches.

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