清除战争遗留的废墟是一项规模空前的清理行动,其中埋藏着生命、记忆以及未爆炸的以色列炸弹。
在加沙城的Tel al-Hawa社区,清理一条道路竟然花了一整天的时间。
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history It took all day to clear a section of road in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City.
尽管完成了当天的工作,联合国工程师艾哈迈德·阿利安仍感到筋疲力尽,周围堆满了废墟。
At the end of it, Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer, was exhausted, surrounded by mountains of rubble despite the day’s work.
‘我觉得我们就像拿着一把勺子,试图舀干整个大海,’阿利安在漫长而炎热的夏日结束后说道,汗水从他的额头滴落。
“I feel as if we are holding a spoon and trying to empty the sea,” Alyan said, beads of sweat trickling down his forehead after a long, hot summer day.