The UN estimates 69 per cent of the structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, including more than 245,000 homes, and that it would take 350 years to rebuild Gaza if Israel’s blockade persists
was fully in place Sunday, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the
The house from those fond memories is gone, and for the past year, Abu Jarad, her husband and their six daughters have trekked the length of the Gaza Strip, following one evacuation order after another by the Israeli military. “As soon as they said that the truce would start on Sunday, we started packing our bags and deciding what we would take, not caring that we would still be living in tents,” Abu Jarad said.
Even before the ceasefire officially took effect – and as tank shelling continued overnight and into the morning – many Palestinians began trekking through the wreckage to reach their homes, some on foot and others hauling their belongings on donkey carts.“They’re returning to retrieve their loved ones under the rubble,” said Mohamed Mahdi, a displaced Palestinian and father of two.
Speaking by phone, she said her family had found bodies in the street as they trekked home, some of whom appeared to have been lying in the open for weeks.
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