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Gaza Reconstruction Plan Faces Major Roadblocks
(Axios) Barak Ravid - The Biden administration wants to push ahead with humanitarian aid and rebuilding in Gaza. President Biden says he wants to coordinate those efforts with the Palestinian Authority, which has no influence in Gaza, and exclude Hamas, which controls the territory. Moreover, the international community may be reluctant to invest in an area that has been repeatedly bombed. Israeli officials told Secretary of State Blinken that while they are ready to help in getting immediate humanitarian assistance into Gaza including water, food, and medical supplies, a monitoring system is needed that's much stronger than previous ones that allowed Hamas to repurpose building materials for its own purposes. Moreover, Israeli officials are conditioning any meaningful reconstruction of Gaza on progress toward the recovery of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers and the release of Israeli citizens held by Hamas in Gaza.