Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth claims that it will take four months to repair all the damage to Kiryat Shmona, a city in the north that has borne the brunt of Hezbollah’s attacks over the course of its hostilities with Israel, reports Al Jazeera.
About 7,000 cars and 300 agricultural sites were damaged, it reported.
In the Gaza Strip, after a year of Israeli assault, the UN estimates that the war has left some 40 million tonnes of debris and rubble in Gaza, enough to fill New York’s Central Park to a depth of 8 metres (about 25 feet). It could take up to 15 years and nearly $650m to clear it all away, it said.
The Shell Group said that it will take 40 years to repair all of Gaza’s damaged and destroyed homes.
In south Lebanon, dozens of towns were destroyed by the Israeli army, some packed with explosives and detonated.
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