Gaza’s wasteland
SINCE the start of hostilities on Oct 7, Israel has put in ceaseless efforts to depopulate Gaza, and make the Strip uninhabitable. While the death toll over the past seven months has crossed 34,000, recent comments by UN officials illustrate the extent of the devastation. As per the UN’s Assistant Secretary General Abdallah al-Dardari, Gaza would require a post-conflict rebuilding effort not seen since World War II. The savage Israeli assault has resulted in around 37m tonnes of debris, which is said to be more than the amount of rubble generated in the Ukraine-Russia war, a much wider conflict geographically.........
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