An official from the aid organization Humanity & Inclusion warned that removing unexploded bombs from the surface of Gaza could take between 20 and 30 years, calling the territory a “horrific, unmapped minefield” due to the vast amount of ordnance scattered across the area.

More than 53 people have been killed and hundreds injured by lethal remnants from the two-year Israel-Hamas war, according to a U.N.-led database, which is thought by aid groups to be a huge underestimate.

A U.S.-brokered ceasefire this month has raised hopes that the huge task of removing them from among millions of tons of rubble can begin.

“If you’re looking at a full clearance, it’s never happening, it’s subterranean. We will find it for generations to come,” said Nick Orr, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal expe

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