{"id":313283,"date":"2025-10-21T13:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=313283"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:51:10","slug":"un-interviews-21oct25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-interviews-21oct25\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Interviews: UN steps up efforts to clear explosive hazards in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>21 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>Link to the full interview:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/audio\/2025\/10\/1166143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/audio\/2025\/10\/1166143<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>As access slowly improves under the Gaza ceasefire deal, the\u00a0<em><a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmas.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">UN Mine Action Service<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(UNMAS) is scaling up operations and mobilising funds to ensure the safe removal of dangerous munitions following two years of devastating bombardment.<\/p>\n<p>Priority is being given to main roads, infrastructure, and essential services for civilians in the enclave who face a deadly threat from unexploded hazards.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Irving, head of UNMAS\u2019s mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke to\u00a0<em>UN News\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>Ezzat El-Ferri<em>,<\/em>\u00a0emphasising a message of hope and resilience for civilians through \u201csmall steps\u201d each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 21 October 2025 Link to the full interview:\u00a0https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/audio\/2025\/10\/1166143 As access slowly improves under the Gaza ceasefire deal, the\u00a0UN Mine Action Service\u00a0(UNMAS) is scaling up operations and mobilising funds to ensure the safe removal of dangerous munitions following two years of devastating bombardment. Priority is being given to main roads, infrastructure, and essential services for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-interviews-21oct25\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2957],"document-source":[6852,4819],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2005,6967],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-313283","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-interview","document-source-un-news","document-source-united-nations-mine-action-service-unmas","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-mine-action","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/313283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/313283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313290,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/313283\/revisions\/313290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=313283"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=313283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}