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Trade unions count 570,000 unemployed and 52 workers killed on the way to work

Figures released by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions in early July and cited by PIC put unemployment at about 570,000 of a 1.4 million labour force over 1,000 days of war, with workers' losses above $10 billion. The federation reports about 80% unemployment in Gaza and 38% in the West Bank, 52 workers killed going to or at work, and over 38,000 workers arrested.

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Abu Ibrahim, 43

Civil servant in Gaza, paid in worn banknotes (name changed)

Gaza

₪1,500every 45–50 days; it was ₪2,000 every 30–35

Mondoweiss, 14 Oct

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

Ahmed Khader, 38

Harvest day labourer; the season used to give him two or three months

Deir al-Balah

1 dayof harvest work this season

Reuters, 14 Oct