United Nations: Recovery of the Gaza Strip may take more than three centuries
reported Mehr News Agency quoted website Russia Elium, United Nations He warned that after the Zionist attack on Hamas, which is one of the deadliest and most destructive military operations since World War II, the restoration of Gaza may take decades.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development announced: “If the war ends tomorrow and Gaza returns to the state it was in before Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, it could take 350 years.” kill until its fragile economy returns to the unsustainable level before the war.”
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur of the Regarding the right to adequate housing, the United Nations said last week that by January 2024, between 60 and 70 percent of all houses in Gaza will have been destroyed, and in northern Gaza this amount has reached 82 percent.
According to Rajagopal, a recent report by the United Nations Development Program estimated that in May There have been more than 39 million tons of debris in Gaza, and he explained that the debris includes unexploded ordnance, toxic waste, and asbestos from collapsed buildings and other materials.
In response to a question about how long it will take to rebuild Gaza, Rajagopal said that first the rubble has to be removed, secondly there has to be financing, then there is “another big problem, because reconstruction is only possible if the occupation ends.”
Rajagopal continued that this situation is because the Zionist regime imposes restrictions on construction materials and equipment that It claims to have “dual uses”.
He pointed out that after the 2014 war in Gaza, less than a thousand houses were built every year and added: “The United Nations Development Program has estimated that 80,000 houses have been destroyed in the current war. , so if the occupation continues, the reconstruction process will take 80 years”.
