Gaza: The municipalities of Al Maghraqa, Al Zahra, and Wadi Gaza, located on the perimeter of the Netzarim corridor, declared that they had become ill-fated zones due to the Israeli offensive, calling for urgent international intervention to provide all kinds of life-saving relief, especially basic services. They also emphasized the need for repairing damages and providing interim residential units to shelter thousands of displaced people.
According to Qatar News Agency, the three municipalities, from which the Israeli occupation army withdrew on Sunday, leaving widespread devastation, stated that the Israeli army destroyed all life components in those areas, turning them into ill-fated zones and demolition sites, with the total damage estimated at roughly USD 1 billion across multiple sectors.
Throughout a press conference on Monday, the municipalities highlighted that the Israeli occupation army intentionally decimated all buildings and residential structures within the three zones, affecting 13,200 residential units and rendering tens of thousands of people homeless.
They added that the Israeli machinery systematically dredged 24 water wells and destroyed water tanks with a capacity exceeding 1,300 cubic meters, along with water networks. Additionally, thousands of dunams of agricultural land were razed, and livestock was culled, impacting primary sources supplying the local market with agricultural and livestock products.
During its onslaught, the Israeli occupation army conducted scholasticide, targeting 28 educational establishments, dredging roads exceeding 100 km, and decimating electricity and internet grids. Health facilities were also disrupted, with all hospitals, health centers, and numerous public and private facilities bombed, the municipalities emphasized.
They stressed that the Israeli aggression dramatically impacted the critical infrastructure in those three municipalities, imposing a new reality that requires immediate solutions and long-term strategies. They called for the importance of allocating temporary residential units, "Caravans," to residents in the aforementioned zones pending reconstruction operations.
The three municipalities appealed to all UN organizations and international institutions to provide nearly 11,500 interim shelters for over 41,000 people who lost their homes due to the aggression. They stressed that responding to this appeal is not merely a moral and humanitarian obligation but an international responsibility that necessitates solidifying efforts to secure shelters that safeguard the dignity of those affected.
The withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from the Netzarim corridor exposed the massive devastation resulting from the offensive on its perimeter, with a full alteration of the infrastructure and geographical structure.