In a report, the ministry emphasised that the scale of this war, which completely leveled residential neighborhoods, is several times greater than the damage caused by the Israeli military's 51-day onslaught on Gaza in 2014, with the amount of rubble resulting from the decimated neighborhoods, cities, and residential blocks due to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip standing at tens of millions of tons.
The removal of the rubble is the foremost reconstruction stage in Gaza, in terms of constantly demolishing the damaged buildings that pose a threat to the Palestinians' safety, undergirding the damaged ones and revamp them, in addition to protecting the adjacent structures and streets during the demolition operation, the report continued.
Following a thorough assessment of the aftermath of the Israeli aggression, the report stated that cleaning up the rubble cannot be conducted using local machinery, as most of it was either damaged or destroyed due to the Israeli bombardment of government, municipal, and civil facilities, prompting the need for the delivery of dozens of heavy machineries.
According to the report, the ministry suggested the provision of interim shelters, which require massive funding, such as providing temporary housing through mobile units (caravans) placed near residential neighborhoods, along with infrastructure services such as water and sanitation.
The second proposal entails providing financial amounts as rental allowances to help families arrange temporary shelter within their residential area.
The recent report from the government media office in Gaza revealed that the unremitting Israeli aggression has entirely decimated 161,600 housing units, partially damaged 194,000, and rendered 82,000 uninhabitable, with the total destruction in Gaza reaching 88 percent and direct losses estimated at USD37 billion. (QNA)
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