The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, devastated during 50 days of war with Israel, will cost six billion euros ($7.7 billion), Palestinian experts said in a report Thursday. The Palestinian Eco**mic Council for Development and Reconstruction, a Palestinian Authority body that oversees the implementation of do**r-financed projects, said the process would take "five years if Israel ******* its blockade over Gaza entirely." Since 2006, Gaza has been subject to a blockade that, among other things, prevents the entry of construction materials, which can be used by militants to build tunnels and fortifications. According to a ceasefire recently signed in Cairo these restrictions should be eased, but ** such materials have yet been let in through Gaza's border crossings with Israel.