Gaza’s Economy Depends on Aid, Despite Improvements

Israeli government approved additional measures to allow for increased exports from Gaza strip on Dec. 8.
Gaza’s Economy Depends on Aid, Despite Improvements
A Palestinian farmer picks strawberries for export at a farm in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 29. New measures allow for strawberry exports from the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
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A Palestinian farmer picks strawberries for export at a farm in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 29. New measures allow for strawberry exports from the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
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Gidon Belmaker is a former reporter and social media editor with The Epoch Times.