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WorldPosted at: Sep 13 2018 2:21PM


Economy and living standards of Gaza ‘eviscerated’

United Nations, Sep 13 (UNI) The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade and development agency has said, noting that women and young people were worst affected, as the Israeli occupation continues.
“With the blockade now in its eleventh year, the Gaza Strip has been reduced to a humanitarian case of profound suffering and aid dependency,” said the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in a news release announcing its findings.
“The productive capacity of Gaza has been eviscerated by three major military operations and a crippling air, sea and land blockade,” it added.
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