With no grid, al-Zuwaidi charges phones for one or two shekels each, but generator power costs 30–35 shekels per kilowatt-hour and many customers pay on credit, with some families owing 300–400 shekels. In the same report, former construction worker Nihad al-Skafi, 36, now queues for water and depends on charity food parcels, waiting about 40 days for a cooking-gas refill.
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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
Olive-press owner; one production line rebuilt from the rubble
al-Zawayda
1 of 7press lines running again
Palestinian Information Center, 14 Oct
Harvest day labourer; the season used to give him two or three months
1 dayof harvest work this season
Reuters, 14 Oct
Olive grower with 20 or 30 trees left
2 drumsof oil expected; up to 900 before
Reuters, 14 Oct