"I can tell you, as you drive through Gaza, there's really not a single place where you can find a building or an apartment that is still standing or that haven't been damaged by the war. You see people digging through rubble, looking for any types of possession that they can start rebuilding their lives with. The sad part for me is looking at children as young as 5 years old that are looking for water - standing in lines for water and looking for food."
"I mean, I know that you said earlier this week in a briefing that the U.N.'s development program has already cleared 3,100 truckloads of rubble. What happens with that rubble, and where to begin? CILLIERS: Yes. Removing the rubble will be the first challenge. Just to give you an idea of how much we're talking about, if you build a 12-meter wall around Central Park and you fill that, that's the amount of rubble that needs to be cleared."
The U.N. Development Programme operates on the ground in Gaza to clear rubble and begin rebuilding infrastructure, anticipating a reconstruction process that could take decades. Teams are working across central Gaza, including Deir al-Balah and Gaza City, and have already removed thousands of truckloads of debris. Large-scale clearance is the immediate priority, with the volume of rubble compared to filling a 12-meter wall around Central Park. Civilians are digging through debris for possessions while children as young as five wait in lines for water and food, and education has been disrupted for the past two years.
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