Following the Israeli regime’s invasion of Lebanon last year and Hezbollah’s resistance against the aggression, the World Bank on Friday estimated Lebanon’s recovery costs at $11 billion.

The IMF and the World Bank are reportedly seeking to tie reconstruction funds for Lebanon to the normalization of relations with Israel.

A new report by the World Bank says Israel’s brutal aggression against Lebanon has inflicted huge economic and physical losses on the country since last October.

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A joint report by the World Bank and the United Nations shows that Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza has caused damages of around $18.5 billion to the coastal territory’s critical infrastructure.

Palestinians in Gaza are at an imminent risk of famine as food shortages approaching catastrophic levels are projected to hit more than a million people, the World Bank warned.

The World Health Organization has warned that a growing number of children in Gaza are teetering on the edge of death due to severe hunger.