Gaza government media office: Israel dropped 40,000 tonnes of explosives on the strip

Gaza's government media office announced on Sunday that during the seven weeks of bombardment, Israel dropped 40,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged enclave. 

The media office said that the temporary truce is revealing the extent of the damage and that a third of the population of Gaza still does not have basic needs. 

They noted that the al-Shifa Hospital has also been rendered out of service.