Israel-Hamas: Gaza’s quality of life has been knocked back to 1950s, UNDP says

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, knocking quality of life indicators back to the 1950's, an expert from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said on Tuesday.

“When we think of recovery in Gaza, it is not just about rebuilding some buildings — despite the huge scale of the mission. The issue is a complete re-development to regain some of what we have lost in this vicious war,” UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States Abdallah al Dardari said in Cairo. According to his study, the Palestinian economy lost 35.1 per cent of its total GDP in the last year.

Referencing the declining health-care situation and increasing poverty, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) governance leader Tarik Alami said Israel has destroyed more than 70 per cent of civilian infrastructure, “including homes, roads, hospitals, schools, water and sewage facilities.” Even under optimal conditions — with international aid remaining at current levels and flowing into Gaza and the West Bank unhindered — it would still take at least a decade for economic output to recover to pre-war levels, the study said.

The cost of repairing damaged infrastructure was expected to run to $18.5 billion, which was almost the entire annual economic output of the Palestinian territories in 2022. The report also indicated some 3.3 million Palestinians — 2.3 million of them in Gaza and 1.5 million of them children — required urgent humanitarian assistance.

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[santhithomas]

Whose fault? You do not want to live in peace. Who started it in Oct 2023?.
Waste community. Always blaming everything on others.

[bobisgollis]

Well..a certain someone did say..back to the stoneage you will go...say hello to Fred and Barney..give Dino a bone...

[Pugyeg]

Can someone please knock Canadas standard of living back to the 1950s? We were doing much better then

[donho]

Billions are given EVERY YEar to "Palestinians". Where does that money go

[Berryations]

Wait! Yall been telling us their quality of life has been in the 1900s since this started!!! Now it’s knocked back to the 1950s? Will which is it!?

[Pepe]

Act like caveman you can live like caveman

[siewheilou]

1950's? You mean since Israelis arrived?

[wally]

1:10 horses and bikes. That's not the 1950's, that's the 1850's

[sungazer]

Bring back the old ways, modern life is a disease.

[joelnider]

What is the main export of Gaza? I think their GDP is mostly based on handouts from the UN and a handful of migrant workers that had permits to work in Israel (not counting black market income, where the real money is made). This is the direct result of starting a war motivated by hatred. Ayatollah Khomeini stated, "economics is for pigs". This thinking only works when you are sitting on bottomless oil reserves, not in Gaza. Maybe if they had followed the lead of Egypt or Jordan (who have peace with Israel and strong trade agreements) they would be in a better position today.

[ramstrong]

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[blackhat]

All a part of allah's divine plan for his people. have some faith. everything happens for a reason.

[حليمةغالب-زث]

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