#GazaUnderAttack | PA minister says Gaza ‘reconstruction to cost billions’


Ma’an News Agency | Aug 18, 2014 | 13:07

A tent is pitched in front of the destroyed Nada Towers as Palestinians return to the area to inspect what remains of their homes, Aug. 11, 2014, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip (AFP Mahmud Hams)

A tent is pitched in front of the destroyed Nada Towers as
Palestinians return to the area to inspect what remains of their
homes, Aug. 11, 2014, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip
(AFP Mahmud Hams)

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Minister of Economy Muhammad Mustafa said Monday that reconstruction of Gaza following Israel’s month-long assault will cost billions of dollars.

The Palestinian ministry in Ramallah is currently estimating damages through the formation of a committee, which is due to release its report by the end of this week, Mustafa said.

Over 30,000 homes were damaged by Israeli airstrikes and shelling, with around 450,000 Palestinians displaced during the conflict.

The water distribution network in Gaza has suffered $34.4 million worth of damage as a result of the Israeli offensive, with over seven kilometers (4.3 miles) of sewage networks completely destroyed.

The Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday warned that the Israeli assault on Gaza had caused extensive damage to the coastal enclave’s agricultural sector and would have long-term consequences.

Mustafa explained that the PA is currently suffering from a $1.2 billion budget deficit as well as debts of over $4.2 billion.

Palestinian officials have estimated that they need up to $6 billion to fix hospitals, roads, schools, water facilities, and factories hit by shelling and bombing.

James Rawley, the UN’s resident and humanitarian coordinator, warned last week that failure to lift the Israeli blockade could cause more conflict in Gaza in the future.

If the measures are not removed, “not only will we see very little in the way of reconstruction, but I am afraid that the conditions are in place for us to have another round of violence like we’re seeing now.”




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* The list of shuhada does not display, the numerous victims of the zionist occupation which are undocumented by media. Nor it displays the victims of the “silent onslaught” due to restrictions of movement, ability to go to hospitals for treatment or life saving surgery, due to lack of medication because of the blockades and so on. For example: The Slow Motion Genocide by the Siege on Gaza only, killed 600 patients since Gaza got under Israeli Siege.

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Neither does this list, display the avoidable mortality. A clear and statistical factual evidence, about the number of deaths due to indecent ruling by occupation forces. For even an occupier has obligations under International Laws, Geneva Convention and the Hague regulations, which it is neglecting. These circumstances, together with deliberate policies of the occupier to neglect and even deny every basic human right, severes avoidable mortality which is totally silenced by media or reporting organisations. While in the Holocaust, 1 on 6 Jewish people directly died of deliberate neglect, so if we believe the facts over 1 million due to avoidable mortality, neither should these same circumstances be ignores which are ongoing in Palestine. For this report displays a avoidable morality of at least 0,5 million Palestinians.

How many more dead corpses of Palestinians does the international community need to see in order to act? How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed to intervene so this ongoing warcrime is being stopped once and for all.





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