🧵 As you witness the physical devastation in #Gaza (aside from the toll on lives & mental health), you might be asking yourself:
1. When will this be rebuilt?
2. Who pays for it?
3. Where will newly homeless people live?
4. What happens to orphaned children?
The answers 👇
1. When will this be rebuilt?
2. Who pays for it?
3. Where will newly homeless people live?
4. What happens to orphaned children?
The answers 👇
1. A lot of it, never, due to the blockade of construction goods.
2. The Gaza Ministry of Housing will pay for some. Private money in Gaza for some more. But a lot of it- you, through tax dollars your gov uses as aid, or your donations to NGOs. Israel pays little compensation.
2. The Gaza Ministry of Housing will pay for some. Private money in Gaza for some more. But a lot of it- you, through tax dollars your gov uses as aid, or your donations to NGOs. Israel pays little compensation.
3. Some will move in with family, others to shelters. Some stay in their partially destroyed homes. But thousands will stay homeless, as they have for years since the last major bombings in 2014. Via @btselem: btselem.org/gaza_strip/201…
4. If extended family survive, many children will be rehoused with them. But thousands will be sent to Gaza's orphanages. The 2014 war created more than 1500 orphans, adding to thousands of orphans from previous wars: aljazeera.com/news/2015/1/8/…
It's not as if Gaza returns to pre-war conditions after bombing stops. Infrastructure like roads, clinics, arable land, schools, & housing are destroyed. So it's not just 4 wars; it's the effects of 4 wars compounded by blockade. Still, no accountability; just more and more aid.
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