An Israeli military spokesman explains that it was Hamas that destroyed the crossings into Israel in the major attack on Saturday. Border traffic is therefore currently not possible anyway. There will be no hurry with reconstruction either.
According to the UN, more than two million people live in very poor conditions in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip stretches along the Mediterranean Sea for a length of around 40 kilometers and is around six to twelve kilometers wide. The area is slightly larger than that of Munich. Hamas seized sole power by force in 2007. Israel then tightened a blockade of the coastal area, which Egypt supported. It is unclear whether Cairo would allow humanitarian shipments to the Gaza Strip across the Egyptian border.