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Hungry Gazans Face Crippling Price Rises as War Rages

August 28, 2024, 11.57 PM | Source: Reuters
Hungry Gazans Face Crippling Price Rises as War Rages

ILUSTRASI. A Palestinian man holds his children as he walks next to buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

PALESTINA-ISRAEL - GAZA. Most Palestinians shopping for hungry families can only stare at the meagre offerings in Gaza City's street markets, frustrated that soaring prices and shortages of food are pushing essential supplies beyond their reach.

Prices of basic commodities have more than quadrupled since the conflict began, piling pressure on families already traumatised by Israel's military campaign and a humanitarian crisis, with no ceasefire in sight, Gaza residents say.

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