The public sentiment towards the Gaza reconstruction efforts is predominantly negative, with a strong skepticism about the accountability of both Israel and Hamas in the destruction of Gaza. Commenters frequently express distrust towards international aid and the motives behind the funding, questioning whether it will truly benefit the people or merely perpetuate the cycle of conflict. There is a consistent call for reparations, emphasizing the need for responsibility from those who have contributed to the devastation, particularly Western powers.

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Reparations are paid by the vanquished to the victors.

Palestinians owe Israel war reparations, and the international community billions upon billions of aid monies they stole and spent on tunnels and rockets.

triplevented

Sure-Doctor-2052

Nope and also why should it ever do it lol ?

Capital-War-1612

Milksteakclub to respond to your comment, first if you’re merican do you ever wonder why american is used as a euphemism for dumb? Your comment is a pot calling a kettle black… 

so to get to the meat of the issue, i think the climate in the middle eat is thermally conducive to living underground, it allows usage of ground level for plant cover, better protection against the inevitable next israeli attempted genocide and as you mentioned there are already existing tunnels, also imo less building material might be necessary…do you have any constructive criticism or is that beyond your scope?

Street-Stick

If they want peace with the Gazans, they should. Although I would absolutely understand why the Israeli government wouldn't like that idea, especially if Gaza remains under Hamas control. They should not do that if Hamas remains under control, only a suicidal Israel would do that.

However, if a more friendly government comes into power, it could potentially help change the view of Israel in the people. The US and Japan fought extensively in the Pacific Theatre in WW2 and the overall view of the US was negative. However, under US occupation they did help rebuild the country and the public perception changed with a more pro US government.

Had the same government remained in Japan, the US should have not helped at all.

Flashy-Guarantee-707

why should they or anyone else rebuild gaza, if hamass is still in charge that would be worse than just lighting your money on fire. If hamass refuses to disarm nobody should waste a penny rebuilding a place that will be destroyed again in the next war

LongjumpingEye8519

If Israels desire is to create lasting peace and a connection with the Palestinian people that would help to mitigate extremist Islamic influence, then yes. Israel should be generous to the people of Gaza dispite the long history of hatred and islamist violence.

Israel have no obligation to fund the reconstruction, but if they wish for a better relationship, that is exactly what they should do.

Sherwoodlg

GreatPerfection

Palestinians should be grateful Israel doesn’t demand repayment from them in Versailles style reparations. And we know how to do it, very effectively.

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Simple answer: most likely no (other than not extracting reparations). 

The situation is in no way comparable to the US in Afghanistan or Iraq, let alone Russia in eastern Ukraine. In the cases of Afghanistan/Iran the goal was nation building, centered around US-allies within th population of those places. The obvious problem: there are no Israeli aligned factions of note among Palestinians - nor would they have any internal legitimacy, as Palestinians would Lynch whoever comes in with Israeli support, bringing gifts or not (assuming Israel are not intending to make aforementioned gift Temple Mount).

Russia, meanwhile, rebuilt Mariupol, because controlling an intact Mariupol is why they came in the first place. Israel, on the other hand, has just been told in no uncertain terms that it will not be allowed to bull a Golan and take over Gaza. 

The only way I see this changing is if there were a pragmatic, non-Islamic political faction to emerge in Gaza that would be willing to publicly acknowledge Israel, including East Jerusalem, without (publicly voiced) preconditions that has sufficient public support among the Palestinian populace. And even for that scenario, the makeup of the Knesset would have to change significantly.

JustResearchReasons

Gaza and Lebanon should pay reparations to Israel. 

Reasonable-Notice439

$53 billion is a number that has been mentioned here: I think Saudi princes should pay it out of their pocket change.

NofuLikeTofu

Hamas launched this war in the most extreme way imaginable. Hamas then chose the battleground- schools, hospitals, mosques. Hamas prolonged the war for two years by refusing to accept Israel’s offers. Therefore, Hamas is responsible for 100% of the damages.

BizzareRep

Absolutely not. 

Israel shouldn’t lift a finger for Gaza’s reconstruction. 

They’ve had decades to build power plants, desalination, sewage, and proper infrastructure, and instead chose rockets and tunnels. It’s about time they take responsibility for their own future instead of blaming everyone else.

knedalah

Why should *anyone* “finance reconstruction”? Palestinians destroyed it, it’s on them to rebuild if they want to.

knign

Just putting this out there, wouldn’t it be poetic justice if the palestinians built better, ie adobe, underground, eco friendly and arose like a phoenix, theres a guy from America iconized in the film garbage warrior who went to the andaman islands to help rebuild after the 2008? tsunuami

&gt;Will Israel finance Gaza reconstruction?

Israel should only finance Gazas reconstruction as soon as Hamas finance the reconstruction of Israels south, Hezbollah finance reconstruction of Israels north and the Houthies finance the reconstruction of what they had managed to destroy.

Sleeve_hamster

Unlikely. At least not directly, Israel doesnt want to be seen openly financing the reconstruction of Gaza. Having said that, Israel will get a slice of $53 billion contracts to rebuild Gaza, but not for free.

BleuPrince

Would hamas or the PA fund the money required to replace rockets used by the iron dome or the infrastructure destroyed by rockets that slip through the iron dome's defenses or maybe the infrastructure destroyed by suicide bombers?

Forward_Tie_5841

Russia helped reconstruction of Ukraine? What are you talking about?? Russia builds the cities it claims as part of Russia. I think we are all happy that Israel isn't doing that. 

I think Israel would be very happy to help the reconstruction of Gaza, as long as the government of Gaza will be pro-Israel. You know, just like what the US tried to do in Iraq and Afghanistan. The rest of the world wasn't on board so much, and rightfully so because it didn't go so well for the US and in Israel/Palestine it would be even worse...   
The equivalent thing would be the US helping the Taliban now, which they rightfully do not.

comeon456

Am sure you know that Israel is never responsible for anything anywhere at any time. No accountability, no responsibility, no reparations. 

Sea-Concentrate-628

If I was Israel I would be seeking compensation from Hamas and Qatar for the running of the war, so no, as for the yanks you didnt know they dug up half of Afghanistan minerals partially Lithium, was told by an Afgan that lived in that area of big Lithium deposits that yank trucks ran day and night for the entire time they where in the country, cheap oil? yes yanks still have cheap oil, what's that? yes Iraq has plenty of cheap oil, so why not throw up a few buildings, drop in the ocean to what they where pilfering on the side...

Simply_charmingMan

This is what this really has been about, and the so-called "peace deal" is about now, so it's unlikely Israel will pay for anything...

[Smotrich: 'We paid a lot of money for this war'](https://youtube.com/shorts/Q2O_iZXHjmA?si=r_qBrA3hs6n8Uk6g)

**Interviewer** — *'Where do you think the first settlement in the [Gaza] Strip should be established?"*

**Smotrich** — (laughs) *"I admit that I didn't expect that. I'm ready to start with the northern boundary. But, really, it's not funny. There is a business plan. Listen to me, there's a business plan, built by the most professional people out there, which is on President Trump's desk. And how does this thing become a real-estate bonanza, I'm not joking, it pays itself back. By the way, I started negotiations with the Americans. I say this now, without joking, because I also demand... We paid a lot of money in this war. So, we have to divide how we do percentages on land marketing in Gaza. And now, not jokingly, we did the destruction stage, the destruction stage which is always the first stage in urban renewal. Now you have to build, it's much cheaper. Thank you."*

(Audience claps)

Imagine being an Israeli mother who's son or daughter died while serving in the IDF just to make these men rich.

mayman233

Imagine if the PLO takes up government in Gaza, and Israel funds them to rebuild, what happens when, in a few years, the PLO starts a war with Israel? Will we see the same “Netanyahu funded the PLO” nonsense we’ve seen this war?

SompigeGozer

Unfortunately, It’s a little complicated.

I think Israel should share in the financial burden of rebuilding Gaza. It’s the right thing to do, but it’s also in their best interest. However, that would require Israel maintaining a major political and military presence in Gaza. This would explicitly go against the peace plan, and it wouldn’t be welcomed. 

Gazans initiated this war, and it also incurred a heavy financial burden on Israel (in many ways). Is there anyone that’s going to pay for that?

I think they should, if there’s a real peace treaty, a commitment from the Palestinians to release all claims on pre-1967 land, and a commitment towards normalization.

The Allies wrung some pretty serious concessions from the Axis before starting up the Marshall Plan.

DogwelderZeta

I am sure Israel will contribute many things to rebuilding Gaza. Israel is very good at electronics for example.

c9joe

America funded Iraq's and Afghanistan's reconstruction because of its ill-fated obsession with nation-building and spreading of western style democracy to places far too divided to have it, a very anomalous policy in the long history of warfare, where the victors generally don't give anything to the losers, a policy Israel has absolutely no interest in repeating.

Russia annexed the areas it's currently reconstructing, not a great example.

&gt;They say their fight was against Hamas, they want also to free Gazans from Hamas so I guess they will be happy to participate and share the financial burden.

The Gazans being freed from Hamas is just a byproduct of Israel's fight against Hamas, not one of the main goals of the war.

the war was never against the people of Gaza, but neither was it fought for their sake.

johnnyfat

Yes, for settlements and resorts.

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/17/smotrich-gaza-could-be-a-real-estate

ENkapHaLiN

If Gazans can refrain from lobbing rockets, and launching terror attacks, I am certain there will be Israeli support.

Miserable-Win-6402

You forgot that everyone is khamas, even the UN. So the poor Zi*s have no choice but to withhold their financing until that is resolved.

No. 

&gt;and Hamas will be replaced with peaceful civilian government

Also, this isn't going to happen regardless of what the deal says.

CreativeRealmsMC

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This feels like a situation where whatever you do, people will be angry about it. 

Take part in the reconstruction = profiting from genocide


Not taking part in the reconstruction = complacent in genocide

This feels much more positive that trump turning it into a resort or whatever

sylanar

Fucking hell who else is going to rebuild it if not private construction firms? Did I miss the part where Gaza suddenly developed 1000s of engineers and dusted off all of their functioning construction equipment? I guess China could do it seeing as they are annoyed it's the British doing it. The MPs opposed to this are absolute fucking morons

WingiestOfMirrors

I mean, how else are you going to get a spread of options? Gaza has no infrastructure, terrorist led administration, and no companies. How do people actually expect stuff to get built?

ISO_3103_

I only skimmed, but I couldn't see who will be paying these private companies that are profiting from the rebuilding? Also maybe use flexible plastic pipes for their water system this time.

High-Tom-Titty

I know of a certain conservative peer that needs to come up with £144M pretty sharpish

jtthom

As opposed to what?

Not rebuilding it?

Having random civil servants try their hand?

Rulweylan

Maybe someday some foreign oligarchs can decide to “rebuild” Britain in whatever way they please.

And no, you don’t get to vote on it or have any say in it. Might makes right, remember.

Logical_Hare

Are people thinking they should use local Palestinian construction companies....oh wait.....who did they expect to build them? 

Who is paying is the main thing.

Mammoth_Park7184

Well Michell Mone has to find that £22 million from somewhere.

Freebornaiden

Why can't the UK simply mind its own business and behave like the tiny country that it is?     We have enough to deal with domestically.

SumptuousRageBait1

I'm not really sure what the problem is here. Gaza needs rebuilding, some companies have to do it, why not UK ones?

Of course it shouldn't all be blown up and Israel should have to pay for fixing it, same as it would be nice to make Russia pay for fixing Toretsk after that war finishes. But it is, and they won't (and there's no political will to sanction them until they do), so it needs rebuilding.

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How is it that no one is talking about Israel being charged for the rebuilding?  Since when do we let psychos go crazy on innocents and then say “someone else has to pay to clean up this mess?”

Everyone keeps telling me Israel is has an amazing economy that can weather anything and is the source of amazing innovation. It’s also supposed to be the most moral state in the world. Well, let’s see if that’s true. Let’s collectively say “You broke it, you bought it.”  Time to pay for the wanton damage and cruelty that you publicly displayed and embraced. 

It’s also time for more war crimes charges on Israeli politicians, generals, colonels etc. no one should be allowed to get away with this level of evil.

SpontaneousFlame

Everyone talks about peace, while it's only a casefire.

Am i the only one who understands this, or really most people will take it from the media and call it "peace" as well?

There are examples of casefires lasting as peace, however each conflict needs to be viewd on separetly, and since Hamas goal is to destroy Israel, kill civilians, jews, terrorism, and Israel wants to destroy Hamas at any cost..

I'm taking bets.

Vedagi_

Rebuild??? Israel isn’t stopping until they have 5 star resorts on that Gaza coastline. 

Israel has already broken the
ceasefire, Hamas is already executing people in the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it ramps up again.

YoloOnTsla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Forces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81w09t8IFz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRxaf91WXT0

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.arabnews.com/node/2607119/amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2025/8/12/is-israel-using-gaza-tribal-militias-to-help-ethnic-cleansing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/06/netanyahu-defends-arming-palestinian-clans-accused-of-ties-with-jihadist-groups

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/2/hamas-run-court-gives-gaza-gang-leader-abu-shabab-10-days-to-surrender

The band were given a chance to surrender

If anyone talks about Hamas executing 'innocent gangs' just link this comment

This is who they killed

DorimeAmeno12

Trump said rebuilding would be fun, a lot of fun. My man is thinking Ferris Wheels, soccer fields, and UFC cages

Ghjjfslayer

If the Palestinians are allowed to import food, basic necessities, building materials and tools, they will (slowly) rebuild.  If they aren't, or if they fighting is resumed, or they're forced out of the territory by Israel, they won't.

elihu

Of course. There is no other place on earth better suited for pocketing 80% of the money and then blaming the eeevil juice for destroying the buildings that were never built.

qu_o

Of all the places in the world you could build anything, if it were me I don't think I'd prioritise what might be the single place likeliest to see them blown up again within 15 years.

Twofer-Cat

The only way this works is if Hamas and all other terrorist organizations are disarmed and prevented from having any influence in the government.  Otherwise the terrorists will just use it to buy weapons and build tunnels.

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CallM3N3w

How much goes to rebuilding Hamas? Aid money is their income. They need to be stopped from accessing it.

AdPure5645

Rebuilding buildings or tunnels? Because I've already seen Hamas stans on Reddit defending the tunnels as part of the "necessary infrastructure" of Gaza. Only Pro-Palestinian propaganda could make that kind of thing up....

TheTeenageOldman

they should be able to build a few gazebos with that money

Stupid. It will all be rubble again in a few years

LowExpert2354

Hopefully they don't mean Iran and Qatar are willing to give billions to Hamas

nus01

Well how else will Hamas get the funding to rebuild their underground tunnels and rockets to shoot indiscriminately into Israel?

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CurbYourThusiasm

So Israel destroys Gaza with bombs paid for the US, and now the rest of the world has to pay for reconstruction.

GTor93

I’m sure there will only be specific people who can live there!

Pristine_Wrangler295

That's not even that expensive. We could probably build a bunch of Gazas.

TonyAbbottsNipples

How long with the rebuilt infrastructure last before the armoured bulldozers start tearing it up again, not for any military purpose, just to destroy infrastucture and make it harder for civilians?

Immediate_Banana_216

Everyone missing the point that they have literally been levelling the old cities while the civilians are in them

What better way to ensure you erase all signs of the people who lived there before? 

Y'know China is in the biggest trading partners with Israel, sharing tech, etc. Also with Iran, sharing tech, etc

So funding Israel and hamas to get the west to drain their resources, arm Israel and give aid to Gaza, while also putting the west in a moral honeypot trap

Now how many Palestinians have been killed in this war against the native population, compared to Hitler's reign? Because that's the angle enemies of democracy will take

alisru

Does this mean journalists are going to be allowed in to report on the destruction?

Eddyzk

One of the many reasons I feel disgust when Trump or anyone claims victory over a cease-fire. Their lives have been leveled to the ground. The "cease-fire" is one sided. A whole new generation of people with now grow with little to nothing, attempting to regain some sort of human dignity. We didn't destroy Hamas. We murdered tens of thousands of innocent lives to paint a picture of barbary the likes we haven't seen in decades.

May the world find real lasting peace. One that includes all people.

cloudsmiles

Why do you think Trump and Netanyahu waited this long?  The deal signed is nearly identical to the one Biden negotiated last year, was agreed to (but not yet signed) just before he left office and Trump threw it out on the first day of his administration.  Netanyahu *wanted* to finish the wholesale destruction of Gaza and Trump willingly let him.  

Keep your eye on which construction companies get the contracts with international funds paying them to go in and rebuild, it won't be Palestinian companies that's for sure.

atreeismissing

I don't understand how anyone can justify this. It's beyond overkill. It's psychotic.

PowermanFriendship

So this is how it looks in about 1000 years, when they find our planet after we professionally self-destructed our society.

JustBennyLenny

The Israelis destroyed their homes, schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and cultural sites. How do you rebuild a museum that hosted ancient artifacts? How do you rebuild every single home when you probably cannot gain access to building materials?

It is 365 square km (141 square mi) of complete devastation, and they aren't about to receive the kind of support Europe did post-WW2. The situation is a humanitarian nightmare and another shameful chapter in human history.

TheGhostofWoodyAllen

Just amazing work getting a peace deal done. There must be at least one unbroken window somewhere in Palestine breathing a sigh of relief.

Clone63

Israel made sure to create the next wave of hateful, angry and displaced people. This visicious circle of hate will never stop.

Ok_Needleworker5837

I woke up to an email from The New York Times: “Breaking news: Israel says first hostages have been released in swap.”

Opened Reddit and this was the top of my feed. 

I just feel like one is more of a story, and I have to praise the Associated Press for covering it.

Duganz

How exactly are they going to rebuild with no money or economy that can sustain them? Is there a plan for this?

Cesoiet

This will just breed more terrorists, vengeful people with nothing to lose because you took everything from them.

Rekuja

GAZA is totally destroyed and the call a ceasefire a big win.

ToolTimeT

Well that was the goal. Destroy every infrastructure: hospitals, schools, etc. So that even if they can come back they won't be able to live there.

funcancelledfornow

The homes they rebuild will get bombed again. They bombed them for a reason.

clazaimon

Even the zionists don't have enough money to overcome the negative public perception.  It doesn't matter how many bots they set loose at this point.

asdf2100asd

MlNDB0MB

Good thing now that everything is destroyed trump negotiated peace…

alcaron

Don't worry. Trump will fix this all up so they can make a casino resort there which will bring trickle down prosperity! So that if anything happens in the future, USA can do that thing Russia does where they'll just "*go protect the Russians of a region*". And as long as the locals just let wealthy people mistreat them, bow down deep front of them, and serve without objection, then they can even be allowed to remain in the area under Western AI companies supervision and limited rights to political petition with USA and Israel veto power looming over them.

God the future is bleak...

SinisterCheese

Realized how pro-Israel Reddit is. If this were Russia or China, everyone would be condemning them in unison. We have Zionists here getting upvotes lol.

Oni-Dw1mm3r9572

I think one thing that's never portrayed is the size of Gaza. I've always heard people talk about it as if it were a massive country. But I live in a fairly small town and Gaza is only 6 times larger. It's the same size as Miami. An area of land that small being pummeled by some of the worlds best weaponry for 2 years is insane.

JoeFilms

Its almost like starting a war isn't a good idea.

tss_Chip_Chipperson

Maybe, just maybe, Oct7th was a bad idea.

nygdan

Yeah, that‘s why building military infrastructure in and near civilian infrastructure is a bad idea. 

Why do you think most political entities separate these two? Then again, most political entities aren‘t led by a terror organization with the explicit goal of exterminating a whole neighboring people.

TheFoxer1

If Hamas wanted to stop this they could have surrendered long time ago, but they don't care about the civilians.

Alan157

That's what happens when terroists turn your neighborhoods into hideouts.

odeluxeo

"...*where they make a desert, they call it peace*." - Tacitus

teler9000

Trump wants to turn this into a resort destination.

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