Gaza in Ruins After a Year of War
"The loss of the landmarks that mapped Gazans’ most cherished memories makes the notion of rebuilding seem impossible to many.
The war has no end in sight. Even if it were to stop today, the cost of rebuilding Gaza would be staggering.
In the first eight months alone, a U.N. preliminary assessment said, the war created 39 million tons of rubble, containing unexploded bombs, asbestos, other hazardous substances and even human remains. In May, a World Bank report estimated it could take 80 years to rebuild the homes that have been destroyed.
But for Gazans, neither time nor money can replace all that has been lost.
If the trauma of previous generations of Palestinians was displacement, Mr. Jawda said, it is now also the feeling of an identity being erased: “Destroying a place destroys a part of who you are.”
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