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Who is working in Palestine today, at what, and for how much.

Thirty years of work gone: a goldsmith now carries water

Marwan built a factory that became his family's livelihood; he lost it and his home in January 2024. At 53 he says he now hauls water over long distances and worries he will not manage it in ten years. He voted in Nuseirat in 2006.

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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