More than 5,000 more Israelis have moved to southern areas near Gaza 1,000 days after the October 7, 2003 attacks, a news report says, Al Jazeera reported.
At least 62,000 people lived there before the Hamas-led raid. About 90 percent of residents have returned, and Israel’s government aims to have 124,000 people living there by 2030.
Israel’s Tekuma Directorate – which has been “tasked with rehabilitating the Gaza border area” following the October 7 attacks – says it has implemented more than 1,000 projects in the area.
These include “strengthening security, expanding services for community health and resilience, investing capital into agriculture, and offering incentives to factories to move to the region.”
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