Gaza is a 'huge wasteland', needs to be rebuilt: Trump
Published: 21 January 2025,
Donald Trump has been sworn in as US President for the second time. He spoke about Palestinian Gaza under oath.
He took the oath at the Capitol Rotunda inside the Congress building in Washington DC at around 11:00 PM Bangladesh time on Monday (January 20).
US President Donald Trump reportedly expressed doubts about the Gaza ceasefire deal, when he was asked whether all phases of the deal would be implemented.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump also said Gaza now looks like a huge pile of rubble and needs to be rebuilt differently, Reuters reported.
According to UN data using satellite data, 70 percent of Gaza's structures have been damaged or destroyed. This includes more than 245 thousand houses.
Before anything can be rebuilt, debris must be removed. The war left more than 50 million tons of rubble in Gaza. It would take 15 years to clean it with hundreds of trucks working round the clock.
Shelter Cluster, an international coalition of aid providers led by the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the first target of aid in Gaza is the health sector. More than 80 percent of health facilities there have been damaged or destroyed.
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