'People returning to Gaza use GPS to find their homes as there are no longer any landmarks' 

 Tom Fletcher, the head of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, speaking at Iveagh House in Dublin on Tuesday. Picture: Moya Nolan

Tom Fletcher, the head of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, speaking at Iveagh House in Dublin on Tuesday. Picture: Moya Nolan

Driving through Gaza on roads recently cleared of rubble and dead bodies, the UN’s Tom Fletcher could see only twisted concrete and empty spaces as trucks brought in the first trickle of aid last week.

“You just drive for miles and miles through a war zone, there are vast parts of that where you don’t really see people,” he said.

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