The commander of the Israeli Air Force, Amikam Norkin, revealed that Israeli military airports were threatened by Hamas rockets during the last round of the confrontation.

In a film that showed a vigorous follow-up of the Israeli Air Force during a whole year, specifically during the latest campaign on the Gaza Strip, and broadcast by Israeli Channel 12 last night, Norkin mentioned that the Palestinian factions tried to shoot down an Israeli warplane with a shoulder missile, but he did not hit it.

In the wake of that, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of raids targeting the homes of leaders it said were responsible for storing and using this type of missile.

The Palestinian factions had confirmed during the last days of the war that they had targeted the airports of Hatzor, Hatzrim, Nevatim and other Israeli military bases.

In addition to the military bases, the Palestinian resistance's rockets, during the last 11-day confrontation that ended on May 21, hit areas near Ben Gurion Airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Israel says that in the last war, the Palestinian factions fired more than 4,500 rockets, many of which hit Israeli cities, the most important of which are Tel Aviv, occupied Jerusalem, Beersheba and Ashkelon.

The damages left by the Israeli bombing of Gaza are estimated by Palestinian officials at hundreds of millions of dollars (Anadolu Agency)

Gaza reconstruction

On the other hand, Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Muhammad Ziara announced that the Palestinian government has not received any funding for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip until now, despite the many promises.

Ziyarat said in a statement to the official Voice of Palestine radio yesterday, Wednesday, that the government had started the first steps in the reconstruction process represented in limiting the extent of the destruction, provided that relief measures would begin after that, noting that the reconstruction process does not take much time provided that the necessary funding is provided, and the entry is allowed. building materials.

The Palestinian minister's statements come in conjunction with an appeal launched by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings, to provide for the humanitarian needs of the residents of the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

Hastings said in a press conference in Gaza on Wednesday that the United Nations launched a humanitarian appeal last week on behalf of the international community to provide $95 million to support the current needs in the Gaza Strip, which include psychological and social support.

It also called on the occupation authorities to allow the entry of building materials needed for the reconstruction of the Strip, noting that what is now entering through the crossings does not exceed 50% of what was entering before the latest escalation.

severe damage

In this context, the Executive Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the United States, Mara Kornfield, said that the civilian population and the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip were severely damaged in the recent war.

Cornfield added in an interview with Al Jazeera Mubasher that the civilian casualties in any conflict cannot be justified.

It noted that thousands of people in the occupied West Bank and in the Palestinian interior were injured during the Gaza war, most of them due to the use of live ammunition by Israeli forces.

She said that the forced displacement of residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood led to the outbreak of the recent conflict.