The Wall Street Journal has reported that the war in the Gaza Strip is “generating destruction comparable in scale to the most devastating urban warfare in the modern record”.

“By mid-December, Israel had dropped 29,000 bombs, munitions and shells on the strip. Nearly 70pc of Gaza’s 439,000 homes and about half of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed,” it said in its report.

The report added that out of 439,000 homes, around 300,000 have been destroyed.

The Israeli bombing has affected not only residential areas but also Byzantine churches, ancient mosques, factories, malls, hotels, theatres and schools.

According to the report, damaged infrastructure, including water, electricity, communication and health facilities, cannot be repaired.

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