Gaza Is Under 68M Tons of Rubble. How Will It Rebuild?
The Wall Street Journal·2025-12-23 15:02

Gaza is buried under 68 million tons of rubble. That's the weight of about 186 Empire State buildings and spread evenly across Manhattan, it'd be roughly 250 lbs of debris for every square foot. Thousands of Israeli air strikes along with ground fighting and control demolitions have destroyed about 81% of structures in Gaza.That accounts for nearly 123,000 buildings with another 74,000 damaged. And the rubble isn't just concrete. It's mixed with unexloded bombs, missiles, artillery shells, and human remains ...