United Nations: The restoration of the Gaza Strip may take more than three centuries – Mehr News Agency RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, quoted from website Russia The United Nations has warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s attack on Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military operations since World War II.

“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 for its fragile economy to return to unsustainable pre-war levels,” the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said. “

Balakrishnan RajagopalThe United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing said last week that by January 2024, between 60 and 70 percent of all houses in Gaza have been destroyed, and in northern Gaza this amount has reached 82 percent.

according to RajagopalA recent report by the United Nations Development Program estimated that there were more than 39 million tons of debris in Gaza last May, and explained that the debris included unexploded explosives, toxic waste, and asbestos from buildings. Collapsed and other materials.

In response to a question About the time required for the reconstruction of Gaza, Rajagopal He said that first the rubble must be removed, second there must be financing, then “there is another big problem, because reconstruction is only possible if the occupation ends.”

Rajagopal He continued that this situation is because the Zionist regime imposes restrictions on construction materials and equipment that it claims 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. It will take.”