Gaza civil defence says heavy equipment needed to recover bodies

Gaza civil defense spokesperson on Monday said that heavy equipment is needed to recover the bodies from under the rubble, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. 

"The remnants are ticking time bombs and pose a danger to the population in the Gaza Strip. We need specialists alongside the teams working in the sector," he said. 

Palestinian Ministry of Health and civil defence estimates that about 10,000 people are still buried in the rubble in Gaza.  

A preliminary United Nations assessment of damage in Gaza said that about 175,000 structures were destroyed, leaving behind over 53 million tons of rubble