APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 25 May 2021. Palestinian workers inspect the damage at a factory in Gaza's industrial area which was hit by Israeli strikes prior to a cease-fire ending 11 days of deadly violence between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement
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US top diplomat Antony Blinken vowed support to help rebuild the battered Gaza Strip and shore up a truce between Hamas and Israel, but insisted the territory's Islamist militant rulers would not benefit from any aid.
Local sources estimated the bombardments had caused $40 million in damage to factories and the strip’s industrial zone and other industrial facilities, in addition to $22 million in damage to the energy sector. Israeli bombardment has dealt a further setback to any dreams of the blockaded Gaza Strip's economic revival.
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