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Boys as young as 14 clear rubble by hand in Gaza for about $10 a day

With reconstruction stalled, the work has become a household's only income, Mondoweiss reports.

صورة أرشيفية من Gaza
Archive photo — shows the place, not the eventPhoto Jaber Jehad Badwan · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Boys as young as 14 are clearing the wreckage of destroyed homes by hand in Gaza for as little as $10 a day, according to Mondoweiss.

The reporting describes them as the earners for their households, having left school for the work.

Rubble clearance without machinery carries risks from unstable structures and from unexploded ordnance.