- The 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict destroyed 11,000 and damaged 160,000 housing units in Gaza.
- Since then, Gaza has only received less than half of the 6 million tons of the cement (“builder’s glue” used to bind concrete) it needs to rebuild.
- Since the closure of smuggling tunnels from Egypt in 2013, Gaza has had to rely on Israeli cement manufacturers.
- Through the The Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM), Israel limits cement distribution out of fear it could be used by terrorists to build terrorist shelters.
