Rebuilding Gaza to require $71.5 bln — UN Conference on Trade and Development

TASS · 🇵🇸 public Palestine · Sep 24, 2026 · 174 words

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The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report estimates the cost of rebuilding the Gaza Strip at $71.5 billion. The report details significant declines in GDP, employment, and productive sectors, while outlining priorities for reconstruction support.

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What happened

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has estimated the cost of rebuilding the Gaza Strip at $71.5 billion, according to its new report.

Why it matters

According to the report, 92% of Gaza’s economic assets have been damaged or destroyed since October 2023.

Common ground

Gross domestic product per capita stood at $212 in 2025, or about $0.58 per person per day, which is 17% of the 2022 level.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Agriculture and industry are down 94%, while construction is down 99%”

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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (general definitions of industry and unrelated websites), providing no data on Gaza's agriculture, industry, or construction sectors.

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web search NEUTRAL — The difference between sector and industry is as follows.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/industrysector.a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on hospitality industry: Review of the current...
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Claim 2: “92% of Gaza’s economic assets have been damaged or destroyed since October 2023”

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The Independent and other reports cite UNCTAD estimates that around 92% of Gaza's economic establishments (assets) have been damaged or destroyed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Palestinian milita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 9 October 2023, Israel intensified its blockade of the Gaza Strip when it announced a "total blockade", blocking the entry of food, water, medicine, fuel and electricity after the October 7 attacks…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_blockade_of_the_Gaza_S…

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Claim 3: “economic and social losses total $22.7 billion”

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Al Jazeera and reports citing UNCTAD explicitly state that economic and social losses are estimated at $22.7 billion.

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Claim 4: “The unemployment rate reached 78%”

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Roya News reports unemployment rates soaring to 'nearly 80%', but the specific '78%' figure is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence. One source mentions 78.5% for youth female unemployment in 2015, which is a different metric.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, the targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

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Claim 5: “The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has estimated the cost of rebuilding the Gaza Strip at $71.5 billion”

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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and reports citing UNCTAD, explicitly state that UNCTAD estimates Gaza's recovery and reconstruction needs at approximately $71.5 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The restrictions on movement and goods in the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel date to the early 1990s, during its military occupation of the Gaza Strip (1967–2005). After Hamas took over in 2007, Israel …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaza City, often simply called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, 76.6 kilometres (47.6 mi) southwest of Jerusal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City

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Claim 6: “Gaza’s share of Palestinian gross domestic product fell from 17.4% to less than 4%”

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The evidence mentions that real GDP is projected to fall to 11% of its 2022 level, but it does not provide the specific share of total Palestinian GDP (17.4% to less than 4%).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge (Hebrew: מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, romanized: Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, lit. 'Operation Strong Cliff'), and Battle of the Withered Grain (Arabic: معركة …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Gaza_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip is governed by Hamas which assumed control of the territory on 11 June 2007 after seizing it from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was fir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Situated between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, it comprises the territories of the West…
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Claim 7: “Reconstruction needs stand at $71.5 billion”

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Although the specific evidence section for claim 8 was empty, the evidence gathered for claim 0, 6, and 7 explicitly confirms the $71.5 billion reconstruction estimate from UNCTAD and other bodies.

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Claim 8: “According to estimates by the World Bank, the European Union and the United Nations, physical damage to infrastructure amounts to $35.2 billion”

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Three independent sources (Anadolu Ajansı, Al Jazeera, and a report citing UNCTAD) confirm that a joint assessment by the World Bank, EU, and UN estimated physical infrastructure damage at $35.2 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — EU, UN, World Bank say in joint report $26.3B needed in first 18 months, with Gaza Strip's development set back by 77 years.The assessment estimated physical infrastructure damage in Gaza at $35.2 bil…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-needs-714b-over-ne…

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web search NEUTRAL — A separate assessment by the World Bank, EU and UN put Gaza’s physical infrastructure damage at $35.2bn and economic and social losses at $22.7bn as of early 2026, with the $71.5bn reconstruction esti…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/24/gazas-recovery-need…

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web search NEUTRAL — The report estimates physical infrastructure damage in Gaza at $35.2 billion and economic and social losses at US$22.7 billion, while total recovery and reconstruction needs are estimated at US$71.5 b…
https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17fxhff-unctad-says-gaza-faces…

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Claim 9: “Gross domestic product per capita stood at $212 in 2025, or about $0.58 per person per day, which is 17% of the 2022 level”

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While web results mention GDP per capita charts for 2025, the specific figures ($212, $0.58 per day, 17% of 2022 level) are not explicitly present in the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is the total value of a country's finished goods and services (gross domestic product) divided by its total population (per capita). Gross domestic prod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…

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