“The report estimates the recovery and reconstruction needs in the short, medium and long term across the Gaza Strip at $53.142 billion. Of these, the near-term needs in the first three years are estimated to be around $20.568 billion,” said the report by UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.
He changed his mind after Donald Trump announced plans to resettle Gaza’s Palestinian residents and redevelop the enclave – plans which the US President said on Monday would not give them the right to return.
These people have already lost their homes due to the prolonged Israeli war, which continued for more than 15 months until a ceasefire took hold on 19 January.
The rights watchdog added that it had provided Washington with “evidence that American weapons had been used in war crimes, but it continued to violate its pledges to prevent genocide in Gaza”.
Citing the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), spokesman Stephane Dujarric reported during a news conference that “more than 45,000 people have been observed moving from the north to the south” of the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA made the comment on its website about the situation in the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, a day after the Israeli army blew up 21 homes in three neighborhoods in the Jenin refugee camp.
Noting the “significant changes in Syria” following the ouster of Assad regime, Jean-Pierre Lacroix stressed during a news conference that only the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) should be present in the area of separation, also known as the Golan Heights.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), spokesman Stephane Dujarric said during a news conference that “displaced Palestinians are also moving from north to south, though in smaller numbers.”
A symbol of resistance, leadership, and cultural pride, Zubeidi endured numerous hardships and losses in his life but stood firm in his stand against the decades-old occupation of his homeland.
“As we talk about Gaza and the risk of the ceasefire not holding which is dragging not just Gaza into hell again but the whole region into anxiety, uncertainty and chaos that we have seen,” Ayman Safadi said during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Sana’a-based HOCC, which liaises between Houthi forces and commercial shipping operators and is associated with the Houthi military, said it was stopping “sanctions” against vessels owned by US or British individuals or entities, as well as ships sailing under their flags.
The authority called for logistical and human support from Arab and foreign civil defence crews to assist in relief efforts, stressing Gaza’s need for rescue, ambulance and firefighting equipment. In a statement, it spoke about “the martyrdom of 97 staff members and the injury of 319 others, including dozens who sustained permanent disabilities, after ...
Hassan, 39, from the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun, was among the many men ordered to evacuate their homes by the Israeli Occupation forces, who invaded the city at the onset of the ongoing genocide. While the Israeli soldiers conducted field interrogations, Hassan's experience was notably different.
According to the Associated Press (AP) news agency, seven Israeli soldiers who have refused to continue fighting in Gaza spoke of how Occupation forces indiscriminately killed Palestinians, looted houses and destroyed or burned them, despite having posed no threat.