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The residents of the Gaza Strip have now endured a full six months of bombardment, siege and displacement at the hands of the Israeli military. The human cost has been devastating: more than 33,000 killed, a further 1.9 million displaced and more than a million living in famine conditions.
But these are not just problems for the now. The scale of destruction will set back any ambitions that Palestinians in Gaza – and the international community – may have had about turning the enclave into anything approaching a functioning society. Dima Nazzal, research director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems, lays out the challenge facing those confronted with rebuilding a war-shattered Gaza. She explains how each separate problem – health, hunger, education, housing – impacts and exacerbates the others. It is, Nazzal writes, a condition of “cascading crises.”
Nazzal adds: “And as hard as it is to look beyond the daily horrors of warfare in Gaza, there will be a time when the world starts to turn to recovery and reconstruction. The concern is that the cascading crises will amplify the human costs of this conflict for years to come.”
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Matt Williams
Senior International Editor
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Palestinians look for survivors after a Israeli strike in Gaza on Oct. 31, 2023.
AP Photo/Doaa AlBaz
Dima Nazzal, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Palestinian enclave faces an interconnected series of crises that will amplify the human costs of conflict even when the bombing ends.
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Politics + Society
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Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service
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Education
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Cyntrice Thomas, University of Florida
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Environment + Energy
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Randall W. Parkinson, Florida International University
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Science + Technology
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Hao Peng, Northwestern University
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Amanda Bao, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Health + Medicine
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Jessica L. Waters, American University; Madelyn Adams, American University
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Ethics + Religion
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Christopher H. Evans, Boston University
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Arts + Culture
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Conrad Kickert, University at Buffalo; Kelly Gregg, University at Buffalo
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