An examination of satellite images by The Wall Street Journal came to this conclusion. Nearly 70 percent of the Gaza Strip’s approximately 439,000 apartments and about half of all buildings remain damaged or destroyed by Israel’s Oct. 7 offensive in retaliation for the massacre carried out by Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip. south of the country.
Estimates from experts consulted by the US newspaper suggest that Israel dropped around 29,000 bombs or aerial munitions on the enclave, leading to the destruction of churches, mosques, factories, homes, cinemas and schools.
Two-thirds of these education centers, approximately 342, including 70 UN schools, show impact damage.
Most of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are closed and only eight are admitting patients.
According to assessments of the images conducted by experts from New York University and Oregon State University, the damage is particularly severe in the north of the enclave.
There, eight out of ten buildings were damaged or destroyed, a higher percentage than in the Allied bombing of the German city of Dresden in February 1945.
In percentage terms, and based on World Bank estimates as of December 12, 77% of medical facilities in the enclave were damaged or destroyed, as were 77% of municipal services (such as parks, courts or libraries), 68% of communications infrastructure and 76 percent of municipal services (such as parks, courts or libraries). of commercial spaces.
About 20 percent of the Strip’s agricultural land remains unused, according to experts at Ohio University.
The WSJ bases its estimate of the number of projectiles on a report from the US Directorate of National Intelligence. The approximately 29,000 Israeli bombs far exceed the 3,678 the US dropped on Iraq between 2004 and 2010.
In this regard, the humanitarian coalition Shelter Cluster estimates that it will take at least a year after the conflict to clear the rubble, facilitating the tasks of removing unexploded ordnance. Overall, the group estimates that rebuilding the Gaza Strip will take seven to 10 years and cost an estimated 3.1 billion euros.
(With information from Europa Press)
Source: La Neta Neta
Karen Clayton is a seasoned journalist and author at The Nation Update, with a focus on world news and current events. She has a background in international relations, which gives her a deep understanding of the political, economic and social factors that shape the global landscape. She writes about a wide range of topics, including conflicts, political upheavals, and economic trends, as well as humanitarian crisis and human rights issues.
