Last week, the American newspaper The Washington Post published an investigative report in which it confirmed that 37,000 buildings in the Strip have been damaged during the war so far, with 10,000 of them completely demolished.

Humanitarian crises continue in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to an Israeli ground and air war for 92 days, amid violent bombardment on its various areas.

In parallel with the death toll, which exceeded 22 thousand, most of whom were children and women, in addition to the spread of diseases and famine, according to UN reports, a new crisis appears that may be more severe for the Palestinians when the war ends, namely the size of the destroyed homes and infrastructure.

"A real disaster"

In this context, the government media office in the Gaza Strip announced, yesterday evening, Friday, that the Israeli army had destroyed the infrastructure and doubled the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, stressing that “we are facing a real catastrophe.”

The media office explained, in a statement, that the Israeli army deliberately and intentionally destroyed the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of doubling the humanitarian catastrophe in all governorates of the Gaza Strip, especially in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates.

It added that the suffering of citizens in the Gaza Strip is ongoing and has not stopped, which puts approximately 2.4 million people in real danger.

It stressed that the humanitarian crisis has doubled in the Gaza Strip, and the infrastructure has become beyond repair due to the concentrated bombing of networks. Roads, electricity, drinking water and desalination plants, sanitation, rainwater drainage, telecommunications and the Internet.

37 thousand buildings were damaged

In addition, last week, the American newspaper The Washington Post published an investigative report in which it confirmed that 37,000 buildings in the Strip have been damaged during the war so far, with 10,000 of them completely demolished.

According to the report, these numbers are unusual by all standards. In a comparison made by the journalist, in the city of Aleppo, which paid a heavy price during the Syrian revolution, about 4,700 buildings were completely destroyed over a period of 3 years.

In contrast, Israel destroyed twice that number of buildings in 7 weeks. Comparisons with other conflicts are no better for Israel: In the first week of the war, Israel dropped 6,000 bombs on the Strip, more than the annual total used by the United States in Afghanistan.

According to satellite images, entire neighborhoods in Gaza have been wiped off the face of the earth, including the Karama neighborhood in the northern part of Gaza City; And Jabalia refugee camp, Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

As a result, about 350 schools and 170 places of worship were damaged or destroyed, roads were reduced to rubble, and electricity, water and sanitation infrastructure were destroyed.

According to Shelter Cluster, an organization that includes relief groups that help people in conflict and disaster zones, it will take at least a year to remove rubble from devastated places and ensure that no hazardous materials remain.