Silliers added that a number of countries, including the United States, Arab and European states, have expressed their willingness to participate in financing the reconstruction of Gaza, but did not provide details.

He also noted that the number of debris throughout Gaza is estimated by experts at 55 million tons and is equivalent to 13 Egyptian pyramids.

According to the United Nations Satellite Observation Center (UNOSAT), about 83% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip were damaged.

On October 8, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas, following talks in Egypt, had agreed to the first phase of the peace plan he proposed in September. Two days later, the ceasefire came into force. Israel withdrew troops to the Gaza buffer zone, and the Palestinians began to return home.

On October 13, Hamas released all living Israeli hostages. On the same day, the American leader stated that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was "over."

Also on October 13, Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani signed an agreement on ending the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as mediators at a summit in Egypt. Neither Israel nor Hamas were represented at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit. rbc.ru.