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What "Free of Ordnance" Actually Means
Gary Toombs spent sixteen years as a Royal Engineer bomb disposal officer and now directs land release and EOD operations for Humanity and Inclusion. In September he was one of seven HI staff awarded the UK's Humanitarian Medal — the first EOD team ever to receive it. But the ceremony implies a finished job, and the ground truth is the opposite. This episode unpacks what "declaring an area free of ordnance" actually requires under the International Mine Action Standards, why 50 million tonnes of rubble and an unknown number of human remains make Gaza a different category of problem, and why…
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