The funding for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) will help "surge in" experts to clear land mines, cluster bombs and munitions dropped during the war.

xLONDON: Britain will provide 4 million ($5 million) towards international efforts to clear an estimated 7,500 tonnes of unexploded munitions in Gaza that is preventing aid reaching Palestinians, the UK government announced Thursday.

The funding for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) will help "surge in" experts to clear land mines, cluster bombs and munitions dropped during the war.

Removing the unexploded ordinance to allow more aid into Gaza is "a vital component" of the recently US-brokered ceasefire agreement, the UK foreign ministry said.

"The situation in Gaza is desperate without the vital humanitarian

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