The Latest: Gaza official: 2k housing units destroyed in war

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Palestinian official says an initial assessment shows at least 2,000 housing units were destroyed in the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza.

Naji Sarhan, deputy of Gaza’s works and housing ministry, tells The Associated Press on Saturday that more than 15,000 other units were partly destroyed in the 11-day war.

Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes on the overcrowded strip, targeting residential, commercial and government buildings. It said it was going after locations where Hamas had offices and resources.

Sarhan says four mosques were destroyed along with dozens of police offices in Gaza. He says most of the factories in Gaza’s industrial zone were destroyed or damaged.



Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed homes after returning following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


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[Lonestarblue]

1. Unemployment is already at more than 50% in Gaza, and higher among young people.

I suspect some young people join Hamas because they have nothing else to do. This is apartheid, and I hope the rest of the world is ready to do something about it. Those in the West Bank are better off economically, as their unemployment rate is around 17%.

I hope saner heads prevail and someone is able to create a plan that allows Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace. Netanyahu is not that person, and it’s counterproductive for Israelis to keep him in office.

[abqtommy]

2. But no worries since there will be permanent peace and dancing in the streets now that

there's a cease-fire! snark off

[stillcool]

3. cut-throat real estate acquisition

[jvill]

4. Hamas declared victory...

... so I guess this is the outcome they wanted.

Neither Israel nor the Palestinians are being well-served by their leadership.

And no, no one else really cares enough to do anything. Not the global audience, and not the Arab world who not only did nothing but pushed forward with some of their agreements with Israel while this was going on.

[Roy Rolling]

5. War

God god y’all, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.