The destruction in Gaza from the Israel–Hamas war will likely require more than a decade of rebuilding, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said, after becoming the first U.S. official to visit the enclave in 15 years.

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza over the last 15 months has destroyed much of the infrastructure in the enclave, and an overwhelming majority of Palestinians living in Gaza have been displaced from their homes, and in many cases, several times. Israel’s military ordered Palestinians to flee south during the war, and only since the ceasefire began, were they permitted to travel back north.