The report, obtained by Ahram Online, says Israeli bombardments have caused near-total devastation of infrastructure and public services, with nearly 90 percent of buildings across the territory destroyed or damaged.
Israeli forces dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the densely populated enclave, the office said, leading to the "near-complete destruction of residential and public facilities". The housing, healthcare, education, agriculture, and utility sectors were identified as among the hardest hit.
A spokesperson for the Gaza media office said the scale of destruction and loss of life amounted to one of the "most terrible crimes in contemporary history".
"We stand today before a different historical moment," he said, speaking from Gaza on Friday after a ceasefire in Israel's war came into effect. "After two whole years of the most terrible crimes that have taken place in contemporary history against 2.4 million Palestinian civilians in Gaza."
He described the war as a campaign of "systematic mass destruction," explaining that Israeli forces had deliberately targeted homes, water supplies, farmland, schools, and hospitals.
"The occupation destroyed 90 percent of Gaza's infrastructure, controlled more than 80 percent of its territory, and forced mass displacement in what amounts to crimes against humanity and violations of international law."
He said the Israeli military bombed the designated "safe zone" of Al-Mawasi more than 150 times, despite assurances to civilians that it would be protected.
"These were not mistakes. The targeting of civilians was systematic," he said.
Sector-by-sector breakdown
The report provided a detailed breakdown of financial losses across vital sectors as well as figures documenting the scale of physical damage.
Housing and infrastructure
According to the media office:
- 268,000 housing units were completely destroyed
- 148,000 were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable
- 153,000 were partially damaged
- Direct financial losses to the housing sector are estimated at $28 billion.
- More than 247 government buildings and 292 sports facilities were destroyed. The destruction of over 3 million linear metres of road and street networks has left most areas inaccessible or isolated.
- Damage to public services and local authorities is estimated at $6 billion.
Education
The education sector has also been devastated:
- 95 percent of schools in Gaza suffered material damage
- 668 school buildings were directly bombed
- 165 schools and higher education institutions were completely destroyed
- Over 90 percent of all school buildings now require full reconstruction or major repair
- Losses to the education sector are estimated at $4 billion.
Healthcare
The health system has been left barely functional:
- 38 hospitals and 96 healthcare centres were destroyed or forced out of service
- 197 ambulances were targeted
- 61 civil defence and rescue vehicles were also destroyed
- 788 attacks on medical infrastructure, personnel, and supply lines were recorded
- Total losses to the healthcare sector are estimated at $5 billion.
Electricity, water and sanitation
Gaza's basic services infrastructure has been heavily damaged:
- 5,080 kilometres of electricity networks were destroyed
- 2,285 transformers and 235,000 subscriber metres were damaged
- Power outages deprived Gaza of more than 2.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
- The water system lost 725 central water wells, while over 700,000 metres of water and sewage networks were destroyed
- The damage to the electricity sector is estimated at $1.4 billion.
Transport, communications, and agriculture
Other sectors also sustained significant damage:
- The transport and communications sector recorded losses of $2.8 billion
- 94 percent of agricultural land, around 178,000 dunams, was damaged or destroyed
- 1,223 agricultural wells and 665 livestock and poultry farms were wiped out
- Vegetable cultivation fell from 93,000 dunams to just 4,000, reducing annual production from 405,000 tons to 28,000 tons
- 85 percent of greenhouses were destroyed
- 100 percent of fish stocks were lost due to the targeting of Gaza's fishing zone
The media office said the destruction of farmland and marine resources has plunged Gaza into a food security crisis and warned of a man-made famine.
It added that the remaining losses, which make up the $70 billion total, have affected several other sectors and warned that the full economic toll, including indirect and long-term impacts, is likely to be far higher than current estimates.
Human toll
The spokesperson said the number of people killed or missing over two years has now exceeded 77,000. Of these:
- Around 67,000 bodies have reached hospitals
- More than 9,500 people remain missing
- 20,000 children and 12,500 women were among the dead, including 9,000 mothers
- More than 1,000 infants died before their first birthday
- 450 women were killed in documented massacres
- 22,400 fathers were also among those killed
"Entire families were wiped out," the spokesperson said, adding that Israeli bombardment had "massacred or erased 39,000 Palestinian families".
In a closing appeal, the official issued a national call for recovery and reconstruction.
"O great Palestinian people, and all free people of the world who stand with justice, we call on you now to rise to the challenge of rebuilding after this catastrophe," he said.
He urged "cooperation and coordination" at both national and international levels, as talks on a ceasefire and recovery plan continue.
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