Rebuilding Gaza will take 20 years, group says

By Peter Enav

Published August 30, 2014 7:29pm ET

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Rebuilding Gaza will take 20 years, group says — FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014 file photo, Palestinian firefighters extinguish a fire in the rubble of the destroyed 15-story Basha Tower, following early morning Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City. Shelter Cluster, chaired by the Norwegian Refugee Council with the participation of the U.N. refugee agency and the Red Cross, an international organization involved in assessing post-conflict reconstruction, said in a report issued late Friday, Aug 29, 2014, it will take 20 years under current levels of restrictions to rebuild the Gaza Strip's battered and neglected housing stock following the war between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) | Khalil Hamra

JERUSALEM (AP) — An international organization involved in assessing post-conflict reconstruction says it will take 20 years under current levels of restrictions to rebuild the Gaza Strip’s battered and neglected housing stock following the war between Hamas and Israel.

Most of the new building would be to make up for the current housing deficit, rather than to address damage from fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants.

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