Citing UNCTAD, Al Jazeera's three-year review puts Gaza unemployment at 78% and says agriculture and industry are running at 6% of 2022 output and construction at 1%. Prices in September were about 200% above pre-October 2023 levels, per the UN. Researcher Rami al-Zaygh says the war revived old trades and new improvised ones.
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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