Palestinian data shows that around 80,000 homes have been destroyed in the conflict.
  • rockSlayer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    443·
    3 months ago

    That tends to happen when the IDF intentionally destroys buildings in a way that’s extremely difficult to rebuild.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      3 months ago

      Oh and the IDF blockading everything. So even if Palestinians live long enough to rebuild their homes there’s nothing to rebuild with. No materials, no tools, no infrastructure, no engineers nor architectures. Just rubble.

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        I’ve even seen news stories that indicate the IDF is clearing and trucking out/burying rubble so it cannot be reused or recycled if rebuilding ever occurs.
        Because of the concrete blockade, there used to be a decent trade in Gaza to recycle concrete to build new things. (I don’t know how they do it. Maybe they just use it as aggregate?) I imagine the metals could be repurposed (some), or more likely, sold as scrap and those funds used to buy new materials.

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    275·
    3 months ago

    I suspect the larger issue is that the people that lived in those homes have been genocided and are irreplaceable, no?

    A country is its people, not it’s infrastructure.

    • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
      193·
      3 months ago

      This is important because not everyone has died and when this is over they will need a place to return to live (inshallah). If there are no homes, schools, or hospitals in Gaza…what are gazans to do? (Infrastructure is important, even though yes obviously a building is far less important than even a single life)

      (Edit)

  • microphone900@lemmy.mlEnglish
    232·
    3 months ago

    I’ve noticed a small change in how news media has recently been reporting information provided by Palestine: they’re not using ‘according to Hamas run (agency)’ as often. It’s a small but significant change that, I think, indicates more people are no longer buying that Israel has the “most moral army.”

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    Only took 20 when the Americans bombed and wrecked my country. But it was quicker cause they did the rebuild, so now they own everything and the country is an American neo colony