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After 15 months of hostilities, UNMAS welcomes the implementation of a six-week ceasere in Gaza, allowing a much-anticipated surge in humanitarian assistance and offering the people of Gaza an opportunity to move more freely and more safely.
However, as areas that have undergone months of kinetic activity become newly accessible by humanitarians and civilians, it is likely they will become more exposed to the threat posed by explosive ordnance (EO). Already, UNMAS EOD Ocers in North Gaza, where ghting has most recently been extremely intense, have heard from returning populations that they are regularly encountering suspicious objects which could be EO.
UNMAS had been developing ceasere response planning over the last year and is now rolling out these actions and helping to coordinate other actors in the sector.