Even earlier than the battle, round half of Gaza’s inhabitants lived beneath the poverty line. (File)
Greater than 60% of jobs have been misplaced in Gaza because the Israel-Hamas battle, the Worldwide Labour Group mentioned on Monday, including to the dire financial state of affairs within the Israeli-besieged enclave.
The losses quantity to a complete of 182,000 jobs within the small Palestinian territory, the ILO mentioned in its first evaluation of the affect of Israeli floor and air strikes on Gaza which started after Hamas militants’ lethal cross-border incursion on Oct. 7.
“Our preliminary evaluation of the repercussions of the tragic present disaster on the Palestinian labour market has yielded extraordinarily worrying outcomes, which can solely worsen if the battle continues,” ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat mentioned, including that the disaster would reverberate for “a few years to come back” for jobs and companies.
Even earlier than the battle and the tightening of Israel’s financial blockade of the Gaza Strip, round half of the slender coastal enclave’s 2.3 million individuals lived beneath the poverty line.
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