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Wide of reconstruction site2. Workers at reconstruction site3. Wide of reconstruction site, pile of debris in foreground4. Man hammering5. Various of men working on...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSalam neighbourhood, Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip - February 25, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of reconstruction site\u003cbr/\u003e2. Workers at reconstruction site\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of reconstruction site, pile of debris in foreground\u003cbr/\u003e4. Man hammering\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of men working on channel for sewage\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussain Jneid, Jabaliya building inspector: \u003cbr/\u003e\"A bag of cement costs 250 shekels (60 US dollars). From 30 shekels (7 US dollars) it rose to 250 shekels. The iron we are using is recycled because there is nothing coming in. There is no crossing which lets the material in.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Damaged house\u003cbr/\u003e8. Gaza residents sitting outside their home\u003cbr/\u003eKhan Younis, southern Gaza Strip - February 24, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot of town\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various shots of unfinished UN housing project\u003cbr/\u003e11. UN sign leaning against building under construction, signs lists \"expected completion date\" as 5th December 2007\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza Strip - February 24, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. Set up shot of interview with John Ging, head of UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency) in Gaza\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUDNBITE (English) John Ging, head of UNRWA in Gaza:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Unless the crossings open, we cannot expect any improvement in the situation here. It's more urgent today than it has ever been before to find the solutions to get these crossing points open, to get the materials in. But I have to say, we have to be clear, we are not even getting in the food and medicine that has been donated.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEzbet Abed Rabbo, east of Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip - February 24, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e14. People queuing at Red Cross distribution station\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of Red Cross volunteers with aid distribution documents \u003cbr/\u003e16. Red Cross worker opening pile of mattresses for distribution \u003cbr/\u003e17. Man carrying boxes of aid\u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem - March 1, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Regev, Israeli Government Spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Israel fully supports the conference and the idea to strengthen support for the people of Gaza, both immediate humanitarian aid and reconstruction. But we must be clear, like the international community, Israel does not want to see support to Hamas, we want to see support to the people of Gaza.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGaza city, Gaza Strip - March 1, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. Set-up shot of Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas sopkesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We hope this conference, which will play a role in rebuilding Gaza, will be fruitful in making positive steps, quickly and effectively, to rebuild Gaza without politicisation and preconditions that could complicate or create obstacles, because rebuilding is a legal, moral and humanitarian issue.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBeit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip - February 24, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot of sewage lagoon \u003cbr/\u003e22. Man riding a donkey cart through lagoon \u003cbr/\u003e23. Close-up of sewage\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of pipes and pumping equipment at sewage lagoon \u003cbr/\u003e25. Workers at the sewage lagoon\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of sewage lagoon\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various interior shots of pipes and pumping equipment at sewage lagoon \u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdel Nasser Bohaissi, pumping station engineer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This project is funded by the World Bank and we have special people to make coordination for the material. Some other projects were terminated, not completed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEzbet Abed Rabbo, east of Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip - February 28, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e29. Boy carrying concrete blocks\u003cbr/\u003e30. Men talking at demolished house\u003cbr/\u003e31. Boy unloading concrete blocks\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of destroyed buildings\u003cbr/\u003e33. Mid shot of rubble\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza Strip - March 1, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e34. Various of Britain's International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander (red tie) touring UN compound with Ging and other officials\u003cbr/\u003e35. SOUNDBITE (English) Douglas Alexander, Britain's International Development Secretary:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have been horrified by the scale of human suffering that I have witnessed for myself in the course of this visit to Gaza. Of course I have seen the television pictures, of course I have read the reports, of course I have received briefings from officials. But little prepares you for the stories of human suffering that you are told and the physical destruction that you witness. I come with a very clear message that as a British government we want to see full and unfettered access both for aid and for aid workers here in Gaza. The scale of human suffering remains far too high.\"\u003cbr/\u003e36. Ging and Alexander walking away\u003cbr/\u003e37. Alexander gets into car \u003cbr/\u003eIsrael's blockade of the Gaza Strip is hampering efforts to rebuild the war-torn territory, according to Palestinian and international officials.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough Israel allows in dozens of trucks laden with basic food aid, fuel and medicine on daily basis, it keeps Gaza's crossings sealed to the raw materials needed for reconstruction.\u003cbr/\u003eIsrael said it will open the crossings only after Hamas releases an Israeli soldier it has held since 2006.\u003cbr/\u003eThe international community has called on Israel to relax its tough blockade to allow in reconstruction materials and ease the suffering of the territory's 1.4 (m) million residents, most of whom rely on food aid.\u003cbr/\u003eAn estimated 15-thousand homes were destroyed or damaged in Israel's recent war on Gaza.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya, residents are partly relying on goods bought on the black market for reconstruction efforts.\u003cbr/\u003eJabaliya building inspector, Hussain Jneid said the cost of a bag of cement has skyrocketed and that residents have been forced to use recycled building materials \"because there is nothing coming in.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMonday will see top diplomats from around the world convene in Egypt for an international conference on the Gaza Strip's reconstruction, with the Palestinians seeking 2.8 (b) billion US dollars in aid.\u003cbr/\u003eA monument to donor frustration is an unfinished Khan Younis housing project, funded by the United Arab Emirates and supervised by the United Nations.\u003cbr/\u003eThe apartments were meant for Gazans made homeless in previous Israeli offensives.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, the work came to a halt with the blockade of the Gaza Strip - a closure imposed by Egypt and Israel after Hamas gunmen seized control of the Palestinian territory in June 2007.\u003cbr/\u003eThe head of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, John Ging has warned that unless the blockade is lifted, \"we cannot expect any improvement in the situation\".\u003cbr/\u003eIt's not clear what arrangement donors will eventually settle on, if any, at Monday's pledging conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik. \u003cbr/\u003eDonors have been short on details.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the meantime, border restrictions are hindering even emergency relief, Ging said.\u003cbr/\u003eThousands of tons of donations are stuck outside Gaza, he added, because Israel can't handle a large truck volume at the small passages it's running in place of the main cargo crossing shut down after the Hamas takeover.\u003cbr/\u003eIsrael says it can't allow supplies in freely, for fear Hamas - a group committed to the destruction of the Jewish state - would hijack concrete and steel to build bunkers and rockets. \u003cbr/\u003eInstead, Israel is willing to allow in specific hardware consignments, in close coordination with international aid agencies.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Israel dose not want to see support for Hamas, we want to see support for the people of Gaza\", Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said on Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eHamas sopkesman, Fawzi Barhoum expressed the hope that the Egypt conference would find ways to \"rebuild Gaza without politicisation and preconditions.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSeven foul-smelling sewage lagoons near Gaza's Mediterranean coast should have been replaced long ago by an internationally funded waste treatment plant, but instead have become a symbol of the logistics nightmare of doing business in the isolated, Hamas-ruled territory.\u003cbr/\u003eThe nearly 50 (m) million US dollar project in Beit Lahiya has been held up by frequent violence and a lack of supplies as a result of the border closure.\u003cbr/\u003eWork on the final stage, a waste water treatment plant that would enable the lagoons to be shut down, hasn't begun yet. \u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Israeli air strikes targeting militants during the war damaged the pipeline. \u003cbr/\u003eAbdel Nasser Bohaissi, an engineer at the pumping station, said he's still waiting for pipes ordered in 2006.\u003cbr/\u003eFor reconstruction to move forward smoothly, a series of improbable events would first have to occur.\u003cbr/\u003eGaza's Hamas rulers would have to reconcile with their moderate West Bank rivals led by President Mahmoud Abbas.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Islamic militants would then have to soften their violent anti-Israel ideology and agree to share power with Abbas.\u003cbr/\u003eFinally, Israel and Egypt would have to recognise the new government, despite Hamas' role in it, and lift the blockade.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, the size of the task of reconstruction in Gaza was underlined by Britain's International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, who visited the Palestinian territory on Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eAlexander said he was \"horrified by the scale of human suffering\" in Gaza and called for \"full and unfettered access both for aid and for aid 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