"In the wake of the United Nations Security Council rubber-stamping Donald Trump's plans for Gaza - including the creation of a so-called "board of peace" and a militarized "international stabilization force" - the very notion of rebuilding is slipping through the cracks, overshadowed by what is framed as the more urgent need to keep the peace in place. But peace manufactured this way is nothing but an expansion and deepening of the humanitarian crisis already unfolding."
"Gaza City was already in a perpetual state of destruction and rebuilding long before the current genocide erupted. It has endured relentless aggression that reduced residential homes to rubble, wiped out entire neighborhoods, and massacred civilians. Five wars - 2008, 2012, 2014, 2021, and May 2023 - brutally dismantled Gaza's infrastructure, economy, agriculture, education, and culture, leaving behind a consumed cycle of devastation."
International efforts prioritize a militarized stabilization force and a "board of peace" over Gaza's physical reconstruction, undermining recovery. Gaza experienced repeated wars (2008, 2012, 2014, 2021, May 2023) that repeatedly devastated homes, neighborhoods, and civilian life. The current campaign has produced destruction on an unprecedented scale, leaving intact homes rare and rubble filling streets, estimated at some 60 million tonnes. UN assessments find more than 92 percent of residential buildings damaged or destroyed. The ongoing emphasis on imposed security risks deepening the humanitarian catastrophe and obstructing long-term rebuilding, return, and community restoration.
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