GENEVA, October 14, 2025 (WAFA) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced that the cost of rebuilding the Gaza Strip is estimated at around 70 billion dollars.

Jaco Cilliers, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Special Representative of the Administrator for the Palestinian people, said the destruction in Gaza was almost beyond comprehension.

He said that UNDP had safely assessed, removed, and recycled over 81,000 tons of debris, equivalent to 3,100 truckloads.

Gaza today was one of the most destroyed places on earth, said Cilliers, and yet one of the most determined to recover. “For that to happen, all parties had to respect the ceasefire.”

Replying to questions from the media, Jaco Cilliers, for UNDP, said that the most recent assessment was that USD 70 billion was needed for recovery and reconstruction.

He stressed that some 55 million tons of rubble were estimated to be currently present in the Gaza Strip, enough to fill up 13 Great Pyramids of Giza.

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