With Reconstruction Stalled, Gazans Shelter in Buildings at Risk of Collapse
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With reconstruction stalled, Gazans shelter in buildings at risk of collapse
Like thousands of people in Gaza, Arafat chose to risk living in an apartment building damaged during nearly three years of war between Israel and Hamas, with countless Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. "We were forced to live here because we had nowhere else to go. All of our homes were destroyed, our land was razed and we have nothing left," said Arafat, 47. According to the UN, 84 percent of all structures in Gaza had been dama…
The collapse of a multi-storey residential building in the Gaza Strip highlighted once again the extent of suffering experienced by the population, almost a year after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which was supposed to open the door to reconstruction, but the deadlock in the negotiations led to the freezing of those efforts. Israel imposes severe restrictions on the entry of most construction materials, making even simple maintenance …
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