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Gaza reconstruction set to cost $90B: Egypt's president

 Published: 11:04, 10 March 2024

Gaza reconstruction set to cost $90B: Egypt's president

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, adjacent to the border with his country, will require $90 billion.

In a speech at the Cairo Convention Center, Sisi said he "requested an estimate (from Egyptian state institutions) for the cost of rebuilding the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli bombing it witnessed," stressing that it "needs 90 billion dollars,” according to the Cairo News Channel.

He pointed out that "what happened in Gaza is a challenge to Egypt and the entire region."

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