280,000 Residential Units Have Been Destroyed in Gaza

TEHRAN (Defapress) - According to Al-Mayadeen, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, presenting preliminary statistics on the damages inflicted on residential areas in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Zionist regime's aggression, announced that while the ministry's teams continue to assess the initial damages, it has been determined that at least 280,000 residential units have been destroyed due to the Zionist regime's attacks.

The ministry added that its staff has been conducting field surveys of destroyed residential units and those partially damaged or rendered uninhabitable due to further destruction since the beginning of the Zionist regime's attacks. As a result of these assessments, a number of the ministry's employees have been martyred.

Based on the ministry's assessment, the number of completely destroyed or severely damaged uninhabitable residential units is estimated to be around 280,000. According to the report, the number of units surveyed so far in the field amounts to 250,000, with 170,000 units completely destroyed and another 80,000 units damaged to the point of being uninhabitable.

The report, noting that the ministry's efforts to assess and evaluate damages are ongoing, emphasized that after the initial estimates, a detailed assessment of damages will continue in coordination with international parties and institutions active in reconstruction to obtain precise details of all destroyed or damaged residential units.