Already half a year has passed since the bloody attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the starting point of a new war led by Israel which will have transformed the Gaza Strip into a field of ruins. A level of destruction “similar or even higher than German cities during the Second World War”, specifies Josep Borrell, the head of diplomacy of the European Union. “We have to go back to medieval times and the sacking of European cities by Genghis Khan to find a relevant comparison,” said Barakrishnan Rajagopal, special rapporteur to the United Nations. The agency estimates that 70% of buildings in Gaza have been reduced to ashes.
Increasingly isolated on the international scene, Benyamin Netanyahu is still emphasizing his desire to continue the offensive towards Rafah – the ultimate bastion of Hamas according to the Jewish state – and is increasing airstrikes. On Monday April 1, seven humanitarian workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an “unintentional strike”, admitted the Israeli Prime Minister.
Immense, expensive, thorny, the reconstruction project will be on everyone’s lips as soon as the rain of missiles stops. “It is not a question of means, but of political will” assures Frédéric Encel, geopolitologist and columnist at L’Express. “The countries responsible for the destruction have a moral and legal responsibility to rebuild Gaza,” said Barakrishnan Rajagopal. Their analyzes can be found in our new long video format, on our site, and all our social networks.