{"id":25290,"date":"2025-10-13T04:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25290"},"modified":"2025-10-13T04:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:17:40","slug":"another-nakba-un-expert-says-gaza-recovery-will-take-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25290","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Another Nakba\u2019: UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face \u2018profound trauma\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/afp_68ea8d688dd7-1760202088.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A Palestinian man pushes his bike as he and others make their way to Gaza City through the so-called &quot;Netzarim corridor&quot; from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A man pushes his bike as Palestinians make their way to Gaza City from Nuseirat in central Gaza on October 11, 2025 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/jillian_kestler_d_amours_201382813036352214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel must allow tents and caravans to immediately be delivered to the Gaza Strip, a United Nations expert says, as displaced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2025\/10\/11\/live-trump-says-captive-swap-due-monday-as-israel-gaza-ceasefire-unfolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinians returning to the north<\/a>\u00a0of the bombarded territory have found their homes and neighbourhoods destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, said people are finding nothing but rubble in areas from which Israeli forces have withdrawn in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe psychological impacts and trauma are profound, and that\u2019s what we are seeing right now as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/10\/11\/tens-of-thousands-return-to-shattered-gaza-homes-after-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people are returning<\/a>&nbsp;to northern Gaza,\u201d he told Al Jazeera in an interview on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been streaming back into Gaza\u2019s north after Israeli forces pulled back on Friday as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to halt the two-year conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians across the coastal enclave have welcomed the suspension of Israel\u2019s bombardment, which has killed more than 67,700 people since October 2023 and plunged Gaza into a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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thousands of displaced Palestinians have been forced to live in tents and other makeshift shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajagopal noted that tents and caravans were meant to be delivered to Gaza during a ceasefire early this year but \u201calmost none\u201d of them was allowed in due to Israel\u2019s strict blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is really to me the crux of the issue right now. Even immediate relief and aid to the people of Gaza is not possible unless Israel stops controlling all the entry points. That is essential,\u201d the UN expert told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajagopal, who has used the term \u201cdomicide\u201d to describe the decimation of homes across the Strip, said the destruction of housing in Gaza has been a central component of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/1\/israel-committing-genocide-in-gaza-scholars-group-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel\u2019s genocide against Palestinians<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get real-time breaking news alerts and stay up-to-date with the most important headlines from around the globe.Subscribe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe destruction of homes and clearing people from the area and making the area uninhabitable is one of the main ways in which the act of genocide has been committed,\u201d he said, adding that&nbsp;the recovery process&nbsp;will ultimately take generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like another Nakba,\u201d he said, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine when Israel was created in 1948. \u201cWhat has happened in the last two years is going to be something similar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/11\/another-nakba-un-expert-says-gaza-recovery-will-take-generations; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face \u2018profound trauma\u2019. Israel must allow tents and caravans to immediately be delivered to the Gaza Strip, a United Nations expert says, as displaced\u00a0Palestinians returning to the north\u00a0of the bombarded territory have found their homes and neighbourhoods destroyed. 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