Clearance revenues withheld for an 18th month; PA can pay only half of salaries
SadaNews reports the government can provide only 50% of salaries while Israel withholds clearance revenues, about 68% of public revenue, for an 18th consecutive month. Finance ministry figures put the end-2025 wage bill at about 8.62bn shekels; economists quoted blame years of allowances for its growth. About 39,000 Gaza employees remain on the PA budget.