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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Palestinian paramedics carry away bodies in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on April 17, 2024 after the recent Israeli military operation there. At least US$10 billion will likely be needed to rebuild Gaza’s devastated health system over the next five to seven years, according to an initial World Health Organization assessment Thursday. — AFP pic
GENEVA, Jan 17 — At least US$10 billion (RM45 billion) will likely be needed to rebuild Gaza’s devastated health system over the next five to seven years, according to an initial World Health Organization assessment Thursday.
“The needs are massive,” the UN health agency’s representative in the Palestinian territories, Rik Peeperkorn, told reporters.
With a ceasefire finally looming, humanitarians are calling for a dramatic scaling up of humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Gaza, amid efforts to determine the size of the towering needs.
Peeperkorn said his team’s initial estimate of the cost to rebuild just the health sector was “even more than US$3 billion for the first 1.5 years and then actually US$10 billion for the five to seven years”.
“In Gaza, we all know the destruction is so massive. I have never seen that anywhere else in my life,” he said.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus meanwhile said “less than half of Gaza hospitals are functional”.
He hailed Wednesday’s announcement from mediators that Israel and Hamas had finally reached a truce as “just about the best news”.
He voiced hope that “this agreement marks the end of the darkest chapter in the history of the relationship between the Israelis and the Palestinians”.
“We welcome this news with great relief, but also with sorrow that it has come too late for those who have died in the conflict,” he said.
He also voiced “caution, given that we have had false dawns before, and the deal has not yet been confirmed”.
While the mediators said the deal was due to take effect on Sunday, Tedros urged the sides not to wait.
“If both sides are committed to a ceasefire, it should start immediately,” he said. “The best medicine is peace”.
“So, let the healing begin, not just for Gaza, but for Israel as well. This is in everyone’s best interest.”
Peeperkorn said the WHO stood ready to “expand its support rapidly” in the territory.
“What is critical though is that the significant security the political obstacles to delivering aid across Gaza are removed,” he said.
“We need a rapid, unhindered and safe access to expedite the flow of aid into and across Gaza.” — AFP
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