"Palestinian tourism"226 archaeological sites in Gaza were damaged by the aggression of the occupation

& nbsp; the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced, in cooperation with the Center for Cultural Heritage Preservation, that 226 archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip were damaged, as a result of the direct Israeli targeting that affected all sites.

The Palestinian Ministry explained, in a report today, Wednesday, The damages and risks of cultural heritage sites in Gaza and the damages caused by the recent Israeli aggression were limited .. noting that the study included 316 cultural heritage sites in Gaza that were divided into archaeological sites, heritage buildings, museums, religious buildings, historical tombs, cultural scenes, natural sites and landmarks, where A field survey was made for all of these sites, satellite images analysis and data collection, then prepare a form for each site and enter its data, analyze information and assess the damage that has suffered it, according to the Palestinian News Agency. The Palestinian Hani Al -Hayek, during the announcement held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Ramallah, the importance of this report, which took a full year work, with the participation of 13 Palestinian experts, in addition to supporting the University of Oxford team. The study showed that out of 316 sites, the size of the damage to 138 sites was classified as major damage, 61 damaged and 27 were damaged, while 90 sites were confined without damage.

indicated that the budgets were evaluated The necessary to recover the cultural heritage sector with 261.15 million euros was divided into 3 stages: The first stage includes urgent interventions to save and support sites threatened and support them. The budget needed for that is 31.2 million euros, and the second stage includes the necessary interventions to restore partially threatened sites and rehabilitate them and appreciate the necessary budget for that At 96.72 million euros, the third stage includes the rebuilding of the threatened sites and the necessary budget is estimated at 133.23 million euros, provided that the period of implementation of the three stages extend to 8 years.

He added that this study was implemented during the Israeli aggression on the sector from During the field work team with exceptional efforts and included several risks to obtain the necessary information about cultural heritage sites, it is considered a basic preparatory stage that will enable us to understand and evaluate the extent of damage to the archaeological and historical sites in the sector and then discuss the best ways and methods to restore the restoration of these sites. Al -Hayek said that historical archaeological sites are an important part of the history and identity of the people of Palestine on the Palestinian soil, and the occupation by targeting these sites is that it deliberately clears and destroyed this important part and the main pillar of the pillars of the Palestinian national identity & quot; stressing that the government under the direction of President Mahmoud Abbas and the instructions of the President The ministers give the Gaza Strip the maximum priority in government work. In turn, the Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Muhammad Najm, spoke of the difficulties that the people of the Gaza Strip are going through as a result of the Israeli war and with the concerted government efforts. We will do what we can to alleviate our people as a result of this war, pointing to the efforts of the ministries of tourism and endowments in the restoration of historical and archaeological buildings that belong to the Ministry Endowments, whether Islamic or Christian. For his part, the Minister of Social Development, Samah Hamad, explained that the Gaza Strip and our people there deserves all support and support to alleviate the effects of the Israeli war, which affected everything that is Palestinian, stressing the importance of the report as the basis of the process of reconstruction of archaeological and historical sites in the Gaza Strip.

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