A Palestinian firefighter tries to extinguish fire at a residential building hit in an Israeli strike, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj

GENEVA (Reuters) -There are promising early indications from countries, including the United States as well as Arab and European states, about their willingness to contribute to the $70 billion cost of rebuilding Gaza, a United Nations Development Programme official said on Tuesday.

“We’ve had very good indications already," UNDP's Jaco Cilliers told reporters at a press conference in Geneva, without giving details. He estimated that the two-year Israel-Hamas war had generated at least 55 million tons of rubble.

(Reporting by Emma FargeEditing by Madeline Chambers)