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October 14, 2025 Humanitarian aid
Rebuilding Gaza and ensuring the safety of its residents after two years of war will require approximately $70 billion, UN development experts stated on Tuesday. Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies report that the amount of aid received remains insufficient compared to Palestinian needs.
Almost no part of the enclave – just 41 kilometers long and two to five kilometers wide – escaped destruction as a result of constant Israeli bombing.
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Special Representative for Palestine, Jako Silje, the rate of destruction in the enclave "is around 84 percent, and in some areas, such as Gaza City, up to 92 percent."
$20 billion in the next three years
Speaking from Jerusalem, a UNDP representative noted that according to a preliminary assessment by the UN, the European Union and the World Bank, damage is estimated at $70 billion.
To launch a massive reconstruction operation, $20 billion will be needed in the next three years alone, Silje told reporters in Geneva.
UNDP, together with humanitarian partners, is already providing emergency assistance to 2.1 million people in Gaza, including access to clean water and medicine, temporary employment, waste removal, and making homes and public spaces safer by clearing debris that could contain unexploded ordnance or missing persons.
"We've already removed around 81,000 tons of debris—that's roughly 3,100 truckloads," Silje explained. "The main goal of the clearance is to ensure humanitarian organizations have access to the affected areas so they can deliver much-needed aid. We're also clearing hospitals and other social institutions."
A UNDP representative noted "very positive signals" from potential donors, including Arab states, European countries and the United States, which have also expressed a willingness to participate in the early stages of recovery.
Urgent humanitarian aid
Meanwhile, UN humanitarian agencies have again called on Israeli authorities to open all crossings into Gaza after the The 20 remaining Israeli hostages were released and a number of Palestinian prisoners.
This came after the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, which took place on Monday evening in Sharm el-Sheikh, brokered by US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey.
On Tuesday, the international community's attention focused on the transfer of the bodies of the dead hostages. This process is being led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"At least we have a home."
Speaking from Gaza, UNICEF's Tess Ingram described a family forced to flee their home five times by the war: "I met Mustafa and Saida's family today, and they told me they considered themselves lucky because, as they were clearing rubble from the building, Mustafa said, 'At least we have a home.'"
Ingram said the family was relieved when the water truck arrived.
"But they live in fear that he won't arrive today or tomorrow. Saida can't get the medication she needs, and her sons had to travel a very long way to buy even enough to bake bread. The families are in dire need of everything right now. We need hundreds of truckloads of aid every day, as promised," she added.
Needs of the population
Aid workers say needs in Gaza remain "enormous" and constantly changing, with more than 300,000 Palestinians having begun their journey north towards Gaza City since Friday.
"The encouragement we've seen from the international community and people on the ground—hope that this is the beginning of the end of the suffering—hasn't yet been reflected on the ground. We're still not receiving enough humanitarian aid," noted UNICEF representative Ricardo Pires.
Israeli authorities have agreed to allow 190,000 tons of humanitarian aid. UN agencies are ramping up operations, but as representatives of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and partner organizations have repeatedly stated, this remains woefully insufficient.
"Of course, we are in discussions with everyone," said OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke. "We were also present in Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday, along with 22 heads of state and government, calling on everyone to do everything possible to get this process underway as quickly as possible."
Aid agencies say the practice of distributing aid in hard-to-reach areas, including non-UN distribution centres where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed or injured, must be abandoned.
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