What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

A girl walks along a street in Gaza to get food during the war between Hamas and Israel. Jaber Jehad Badwan / Wikimedia Commons, FAL

Following a visit to Gaza in January, the UN undersecretary general, Jorge Moreira da Silva, called the level of destruction there “overwhelming”. He estimated that, on average, every person in the densely populated territory is now “surrounded by 30 tonnes of rubble”.

This staggering level of destruction raises urgent questions about how, and by whom, Gaza should be rebuilt.