Gaza residents rebuild shattered homes with mud bricks and scrap
Families are using rubble, salvaged wood, fabric and plastic to create fragile shelter amid widespread destruction and uncleared debris.
Palestinians in Gaza are rebuilding damaged homes and shops with handmade mud bricks, broken concrete, rubble and salvaged materials, according to Al Jazeera Global News.
Families are placing bricks on shattered concrete and using wood, fabric and plastic to construct walls over damaged floors. The makeshift buildings offer limited protection from heat, rain and cold, but provide an alternative to overcrowded tents or sleeping outdoors.
Gaza authorities say more than 90 per cent of the Strip has been destroyed since October 2023, leaving widespread damage to housing and basic infrastructure. Those figures have not been independently verified in the supplied material.
The Gaza Government Media Office estimates that about 223,000 tonnes of explosives were dropped on the territory and that around 68 million tonnes of rubble were generated. Palestinian health authorities and the office say at least 73,658 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 21,500 children.
The United Nations says about 310,000 tonnes of rubble—less than 0.5 per cent of the estimated total—has been cleared. At that rate, Al Jazeera reports, removing the debris could take more than a century.
