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In May 2024, it was reported that $50 billion in investments had been wiped out, plunging 1.8 million people into poverty. Following the October 7 attacks, Israel restricted 100,000 Palestinian laborers from entering Israel for work, severely impacting their incomes. The increased Israeli military presence and settler violence further hindered ...
The Gaza war [p] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [q] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is Israel's 15th war in Gaza, [75] and sparked an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis. The first day of the war was the deadliest for Israel, and it is the deadliest war for Palestinians in the history of ...
As a result of the Israeli blockade, 85% of factories were shut or operated at less than 20% capacity. It is estimated that Israeli businesses lost $2 million a day from the closure while Gaza lost approximately $1 million a day. [32] The World Bank estimated the nominal GDP of the territories at US$4,007,000 and of Israel at US$161,822,000.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza–Israel conflict Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict Map of the Gaza Strip Date 15 May 1948 – present (76 years, 9 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Gaza Strip and Israel Result Ongoing Gaza blockade since 2007 Gaza war since 2023 Belligerents All ...
The international community has sent billions of dollars in aid to the Gaza Strip to provide relief to the more than 2 million Palestinians living there. [8] From 2014 to 2020, U.N. agencies spent nearly $4.5 billion in Gaza, including $600 million in 2020 alone. [8]
In 2011 Gaza's economy increased by 27% while unemployment fell to 29%, its lowest in a decade. [16] In 2012, Qatar donated 400 million dollars towards construction projects in the Gaza Strip. [17] That year, 250 trucks a day passed through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, transporting goods from Israel to the Gaza Strip. [18]
In May 2015, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor issued a report discussing the situation in Gaza nine months after the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. The report touched on the continuity of Gaza blockade was on the cost of relief, recovery and reconstruction due to last summer's war which reached $4 billion, as international donors ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2024) Attacks on protected zones and civilians in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war have led to the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians and the displacement of over ...