Palestinians sit atop the ruins of their house which witnesses said was destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City September 3, 2014.

Palestinians put Gaza reconstruction cost at 7.8 billion USD

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, RAMALLAH - Rebuilding Gaza will cost 7.8 billion USD, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. The cost of rebuilding 17,000 Gazan homes razed by Israeli bombings would be 2.5 billion USD, the Authority said, and the...

A Palestinian boy stands next to the remains of a mosque in Khuzaa town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during Israeli offensive, in Gaza Strip August 6, 2014.

Mediators race against clock to extend Gaza truce

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GAZA/CAIRO - Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a Gaza truce between Israel and the Palestinians as the three-day ceasefire went into its final 24 hours. Israel has said it is ready to agree to an extension as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israelis and Palestinians on an enduring end to a war that devastated the...