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World Bank: 45% of housing units in Gaza rendered unlivable
A picture taken from southern Israel shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip on January 17, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Some 45% of housing units in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed and rendered unlivable since war erupted between Israel and Hamas on October 7, according to a World Bank report based on satellite images.
According to the report, which was first published by the Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister site, Zman Yisrael, 60 percent of residential buildings in the Gaza Strip have sustained significant damage in the war.
The World Bank report has been distributed to diplomatic contacts around the world on a bi-weekly basis since the outbreak of the war, and cites data on the damage and impact of the war.
