A top United Nations official on Thursday called for speeding up rebuilding efforts in Gaza, saying Palestinians were enduring "inhumane" conditions, even as a U.S.-backed cease-fire entered its second phase.
"I wouldn't have imagined what I saw today, which is total destruction, not much is standing," Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of U.N. Office for Project Services (UNOPS) told journalists after a visit to the Gaza Strip.
"We can't wait, we can't procrastinate," da Silva said, adding that Gazans across the territory were living in an "inhumane situation."
Israel's two-year genocidal war has left Gaza facing destruction on a scale unseen in previous conflicts, with vast swathes reduced to rubble.
Entire residential neighborhoods, hospitals, schools and basic infrastructure have been heavily damaged or destroyed, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in makeshift shelters.
