Repairing damage from rocket fire to cost in millions

• Published date: 26 May 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Date: 26 May 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

According to estimates from the Renovation Contractors Union (RCU), repairing the damage will cost approximately 130 million shekels ($40,044,992) - more than twice the amount it cost to repair damage after Operation Protective Edge in 2014, when the damage totaled approximately 60 million shekel ($18,482,472).

Most of the damage is in broken glass, windows, window shades, metal damage, plaster and paint fixes, and damage to flooring and caulking due to hits from rockets. Most of the damage is expected to be fixed within six to ten months.

According to RCU Chairman Aran Siv, "Nearly 70% of the damage is relatively light, and the damage was caused mostly by shrapnel and shock damage...