Nasr Ouda
Olive-press owner; one production line rebuilt from the rubble
al-Zawayda
1 of 7press lines running again
Palestinian Information Center, 14 Oct
Khan Younis
In the south of the Gaza Strip. Much of the rubble trade Pal-Online reports on is cleared here by hand, and olives came back to its market this month.
Khan Younis · 6 reports · 6 people
People in Khan Younis
Nidaa, 35
Raises poultry, ducks and rabbits on a UNDP grant; trained as a teacher
Pay not reported
UN News, 11 Oct
Qassam al-Sane’e, 35
Breaks reinforced concrete to free iron and tiles; built websites before the war
$20a day, via a middleman
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Saleh Musbah, 33
Moves debris; a construction worker before the war
₪50about $16.50 a day
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Nahid Nabil Zo’rub, 33
Runs a demolition crew hired by a homeowner
$16.50–30a day
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Tamir Breis, 35
Buys what hammer crews recover and sells it on
$20a day at most
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Khan Younis in figures
As the people here told reporters, and as the market priced it.
₪45
a kilo of olives in the market, on sale for the first time in three years
$16.50–30
a day for breaking and clearing rubble by hand, as the workers told it
Every report
Newest first. A story told on Pal-Online opens here; the rest open the original report.
He used to design websites. Now he breaks concrete for $20 a day
Qassam al-Sane’e, 35, studied IT. In the ruins of Khan Younis he swings a sledgehammer to free iron and tiles a middleman can sell on, one link in a trade that runs from hammer to tent.
Olives return to Khan Younis market at 45 shekels a kilo
An unnamed Khan Younis trader says olives are on sale for the first time in three years, at 45 shekels a kilo, and buyers walk away at the price; his own 12 dunams east of Rafah are unreachable. Press owner Nasr Ouda rebuilt one of his seven destroyed production lines and estimates only 15% of Gaza's olive trees survive.
Grants restart women-run poultry and dairy businesses; a carpentry class for women
UN News profiles three women: Nidaa's animal business, Hanaa (49), who restarted a Gaza City dairy after losing her husband, a son and the business, and Hanin (36), training 80 hours in carpentry in Deir al-Balah. UNDP says it has supported 6,000 emergency employment opportunities since October 2023.
Twelve hours of debris for 50 shekels: a builder turned rubble labourer
Musbah, a construction worker before the war, now spends about 12 hours a day breaking and carrying debris. Around 10 people depend on his pay, including two young sons, and he says injuries from falling concrete are routine. The report cites a PCBS figure of 78% unemployment in Gaza by 2025, up from 45% before the war.
Demolition without machines: a job that took days now takes weeks
Zo'rub has worked in demolition for over a decade; with most heavy machinery destroyed and fuel scarce, his crew now breaks reinforced concrete with sledgehammers. He says a building that once took two or three days to demolish now takes three or four weeks. The team has found human remains and six unexploded rockets and shells at one site.
The middle of the rubble chain: a scrap dealer living on the site of his home
Breis buys what hammer crews recover and sells it on: tiles to cover muddy tent floors, wood for shelters, iron for tent frames or to a sorting centre. Displaced nine times, he now lives in a tent where his house stood and supports two small sons, a pregnant wife and his father.
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