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About 83% of all building structures there have been damaged, according to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
UNDP said it had already cleared some 81,000 tons of rubble from the Gaza Strip and was continuing to do so.
She has produced a string of exclusives on diplomacy, the environment and global trade and covered Switzerland’s first war crimes trial.
She is currently on the board of the press association for UN correspondents in Geneva (ACANU).
An overview.
The UN says nations are willing to pay for Gaza’s reconstruction.
There were roughly 55 million tons of rubble from the war.
Gaza may take decades to recover.
October 14, Geneva (Reuters) – Canada, the United States, and Arab and European countries. A. seem eager to help with the estimated $70 billion required for Gaza’s reconstruction, a U. N. said on Tuesday, adding that the amount of debris left over from the two-year conflict was 13 times that of the Giza pyramids.
According to Jaco Cilliers, a UNDP official, Israel’s war against Hamas has produced at least 55 million tons of debris, and Gaza may not fully recover for decades.
Several of our partners, including those in Europe, have given us very encouraging news. He told a news conference that talks with the United States had also taken place regarding Canada’s willingness to assist.
Many Palestinians have returned to the wreckage of their homes in Gaza since a ceasefire agreement was implemented.
According to Gaza health officials, Israeli bombardment over the past two years has left large areas of Gaza in ruins and killed about 68,000 people.
A significant portion of the damage is in Gaza City, which has seen some of the most intense fighting. According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, approximately 83% of all building structures there have sustained damage (UNOSAT).
According to the UNDP, it has already removed about 81,000 tons of debris from the Gaza Strip and is still doing so.
After Hamas-led militants attacked the nation on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli estimates, Israel began its offensive.
Israel sent busloads of Palestinian detainees home on Monday, while Hamas released the last surviving Israeli hostages from Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement, as U.S. A. The two-year conflict was declared to be over by President Donald Trump.
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Reporting from the U.S. is Emma Farge. No. Geneva’s Swiss news and beat since 2019. She has covered Switzerland’s first war crimes trial and produced a number of exclusives on international trade, the environment, and diplomacy. Beginning in 2009, she covered oil swaps from London for Reuters. Since then, she has written about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and embedded with the U.S. “N.”. was the first journalist to enter the estate of the overthrown Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh and to report on troops in northern Mali. She was one of a group of journalists nominated in 2012 as Pulitzer finalists in the international reporting category for coverage of the Libyan revolution, and she co-authored a story that won the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize in 2022 on Russia’s diplomatic isolation. She received her first-class BA from Oxford University and her master’s degree in international relations from the LSE. At the moment, she serves on the board of the Geneva-based press association for UN correspondents (ACANU).
