Interim - Damage assessment as part of UN Observer delegation as of March 2024 (2025 report still not issued as UN workers cannot safely access part of Gaza to conduct assessments so expect these figures to increase.).
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This interim damage assessment estimates that around
US$18.5 billion in direct damages has been caused to the built infrastructure of the Gaza Strip by end of
January 2024.
This is equivalent to around 97% of the total 2022 GDP of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The results show that the physical and the corresponding monetary impacts caused by the conflict are dominated by damages to
residential buildings (72% of the total), followed by damages to the physical assets of the Commerce, Industry, and Services sector (9% of the total), while effects on other critical infrastructure such as education,
WASH, health, energy, ICT, municipal services, transport account for the remaining 19% (figure 2).
The sectors with the highest estimated damage include housing with approximately US$13.29 billion and the Commerce, Industry, and Services sector with US$1.65 billion followed by
agriculture with US$629 million,
Health at US$554 million,
WASH at US$503 million, environment (incl. the removal of rubble) at
US$411 million,
transport at US$358 million, and
education at US$341 million (figure 1).
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80 % of total damages were concentrated in the governorates of Gaza, North Gaza, and Khan Younis (figure 3).
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