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The risk of delays is that reconstruction could be stalled or take place only in the 53% of Gaza still controlled by Israel.

Despite peace accords a decade ago, pockets of the country are still controlled by guerrillas, cartels, and other armed groups.

It underwent major renovations in the 1980s and in 2008, and is now controlled by four companies that share ownership of the property: Kaiser Permanente, Shopoff Realty, True Life Cos. and Washington Prime Group.

SDF commanders said it was the deadliest month for their troops since 2019, when Islamic State was driven from the last of the territory it controlled.

In neighbouring Kayah, where a coalition of resistance groups has controlled most of the state for two years, the military has retaken the town of Demoso, and the town of Mobye, just inside Shan State.