Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, Palestinian Ambassador to India, has said that the recovery and reconstruction of war-hit Gaza is “not going to be easy”.

Addressing the media here on Sunday (December 14), he said that it would be “a long process”. “According to a study conducted by the Palestinian National Authority, in association with the U.N., European Union, and the World Bank, the cost of recovery and reconstruction is going to be 57 billion dollars. It can happen if and only if Israel allows us to start the work. There can be no return to normalcy when every single citizen is suffering from trauma,” Mr. Shawesh said.

Asked about the ongoing ceasefire there, he said that “ceasefire” was an ambiguous and untrue word when used in Gaza’s context. “It is used to refer to two armies fighting ea

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