Reconstruction efforts in Gaza will require more than $ 50 billion after 15 months of the devastating war of Israel, according to a new evaluation conducted by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank.

The numbers come at a time when the Arab countries continue to scramble to find a life -long recovery plan as an alternative to the collective displacement of the two million Palestinian pocket residents proposed by US President Donald Trump.

The Gaza and West Bank account for rapid evaluation and meeting needs (IRDNA), which was published on Tuesday, calculated that the Israeli war on Gaza caused the destruction of $ 49 billion on October 8, 2023 and October 8, 2024.

The researchers concluded that there is now a need for $ 53.2 billion to recover and rebuild the Palestinian territories over the next ten years, with about 20 billion dollars of the full amount required in the first three years alone.

“Funding will require a wide alliance of donors, various financing tools, private sector resources, and significant improvements in delivering reconstruction materials to Gaza in the post -conflict period,” says the joint report.

More than half of the total estimated cost of rebuilding, or 29.9 billion dollars, is needed for damaged buildings and other major infrastructure, while money is to renew the destructive housing stock in Gaza, the largest part of this number – 15.2 billion dollars.

The housing suffered more than others during the Israeli attack for 15 months on the region, as the report’s book estimated that it represented 53 percent of the total destruction caused by the Israeli forces in Gaza, amounting to more than 292,000 homes destroyed or damaged.

Another $ 19.1 billion is needed to compensate for the social and economic losses resulting from air damage in the Gaza, Education, Trade and Industry sectors, according to reports.

The researchers also state that 95 percent of Gaza hospitals are now non -functional, while the local economy has contracted 83 percent.

IRDNA ​​is a follow -up Temporary damage assessment (IDA) It was published by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank in April 2024, which is estimated at $ 18.5 billion, as compensation only four months after the Israel war.

Years of uninterrupted munitions and removing millions of tons of rubble, as part of the reconstruction efforts.

Undoubted future

The results of the report come amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with the Israeli army accused of implementing Repeated violations From the armistice since it came into effect on January 19.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to exclude a Return to war In the coastal pocket if Hamas does not continue to return all the prisoners he keeps there.

Therefore, the authors of the report warned that the circumstances have not yet been implemented to the work of recovery and the widespread reconstruction in the appearance due to the lack of clarity on the future of Gaza, not the least of which will be governed.

“The speed, scale and recovery scale will be formed through these conditions,” says the report.

Since his return to the White House in late January, Trump said he would do “The seizure” and “private” Gaza, which involves emptying its population and turning the region to what Trump described as “the Riviera in the Middle East.”

As part of this plan, Trump said it would permanently replace a Palestinian people. He pressed both Jordan and Egypt to take those who were forced to leave Gaza.

Netanyahu expressed his strong support for Trump’s proposal, and his government announced on Monday that it had formed a special directorate for the “voluntary departure” of the Palestinians from the coastal pocket.

Egypt is leading the road to the plan to rebuild an alternative led by the Arabs, which would keep the Gaza population in their homeland.

On Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdi said that Cairo “has evolved with a comprehensive activity, Multiple stages plan For early recovery in Gaza and reconstruction. “

It is important, Cairo says the plan will not require the residents of Gaza. Instead, “safe areas” will be created where Palestinians can live, while dozens of Egyptian and international construction companies remove and rehabilitate the war -torn infrastructure.

This plan may witness up to $ 20 billion provided by Arab and Gulf countries for reconstruction efforts, Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday, referring to an unknown Egyptian security sources.

Reuters said that Egyptian President Abdel Fateh Al -Sisi will travel to the Saudi Arabian capital, Rayada, on Thursday to discuss the plan before an Arab summit was held in Cairo on March 4 to finish the touches on the proposal.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon said that Israel was waiting for the evaluation of Egypt’s plan.

But he repeated Israel’s long position that any plan in which Hamas continued in a political or military presence in Gaza will not be acceptable.