Mohammed Barghout, 49, a father of four, found eggplants, potatoes and tomatoes in Gaza City's market but left with three potatoes; he says feeding his family breakfast would cost about 500 shekels. In Al-Maqousi camp, Mohamed Al-Arabeed, 44, is patching the 2,000-shekel tent his family of eight has lived in for three years.
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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