Around 100 bomb disposal experts from Thornhill charity to be sent to Gaza

The HALO Trust hope to clear the majority of the tens of thousands of unexploded munitions within five years.

Around 50 teams will be sent over to the war-torn streets.
Author: Ruth RidleyPublished 20th Oct 2025

Over the next few weeks, bomb experts will begin scouring the war-torn streets, looking for "leftover explosives".

This is the first stage of a large-scale disposal effort by the HALO trust, costing around £60 million a year.

Reports suggest that at least 10 per cent of the tens of thousands of munitions used in Gaza are unexploded.

Within five years, the HALO Trust hope to have cleared the majority.

Hospitals, shelters, and other key infrastructure will all need to be checked out by the team of experts before they can be rebuilt.

The mine-clearing charity has decades of experience in dealing with unexploded bombs from the cities in Angola where Princess Diana walked in 1997 to Ukraine and Syria in 2025.

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