Abu Ibrahim, 43
Civil servant in Gaza, paid in worn banknotes (name changed)
Gaza
₪1,500every 45–50 days; it was ₪2,000 every 30–35
Mondoweiss, 14 Oct
Everyone Pal-Online has written about, each with a trade, a place and what they are paid, as they told the reporter. One block a person.
24 people
Civil servant in Gaza, paid in worn banknotes (name changed)
Gaza
₪1,500every 45–50 days; it was ₪2,000 every 30–35
Mondoweiss, 14 Oct
Olive-press owner; one production line rebuilt from the rubble
al-Zawayda
1 of 7press lines running again
Palestinian Information Center, 14 Oct
Harvest day labourer; the season used to give him two or three months
1 dayof harvest work this season
Reuters, 14 Oct
Olive grower with 20 or 30 trees left
2 drumsof oil expected; up to 900 before
Reuters, 14 Oct
Odd farm days in the Jordan Valley; worked inside Israel until 2023
“small amounts” only
Palestinian Information Center, 13 Oct
Olive farmer working only the land he can still reach
−70–80%yield per tree; pressing costs three times more
Middle East Monitor, 12 Oct
Raises poultry, ducks and rabbits on a UNDP grant; trained as a teacher
Pay not reported
UN News, 11 Oct
Barber behind a single chair; his shop was bombed
Tal al-Hawa, Gaza City
< ₪50a day: under half of the ₪80–100 his family needs
The Progressive, 9 Oct
Olive farmer with 500 trees, racing to pick them
₪64,000for the season’s oil, if he can pick it
The Times of Israel, 8 Oct
Olive farmer; his trees were his only income
400trees uprooted, his and his neighbour’s
Al Jazeera, 8 Oct
Olive farmer who cannot reach his two plots
Kafr ad-Dik
4 yearswithout reaching his 550 trees
The Times of Israel, 8 Oct
Teaching again, in a classroom with a tarp for one wall
Pay not reported
CBC News, 7 Oct
Runs a phone-charging point; a builder and fruit trader before the war
₪1a phone; ₪2 if he lends the charger
Middle East Eye, 7 Oct
Olive grower; every tree bulldozed
Shuja’iyya, Gaza City
$13–15ka year from oil before the war; nothing now
Mondoweiss, 6 Oct
Sells prepaid internet cards; a nursing graduate
Deir el-Balah
Pay not reported
Al Jazeera, 3 Oct
Carries water for his family; a goldsmith who built a factory
Central Gaza
No work
Al Jazeera, 3 Oct
Unpicks flour sacks into bags in a WFP cash-for-work factory
₪1,000a month, three-month shift
CBC News, 2 Oct
Builds shelves from aid pallets; lost his sewing business
₪1,000a month
CBC News, 2 Oct
Cannot work; injured labouring inside Israel, displaced four times
Creditfood on credit from a shop
Al Jazeera, 27 Sep
Breaks reinforced concrete to free iron and tiles; built websites before the war
$20a day, via a middleman
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Moves debris; a construction worker before the war
₪50about $16.50 a day
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Runs a demolition crew hired by a homeowner
$16.50–30a day
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Buys what hammer crews recover and sells it on
$20a day at most
The Electronic Intifada, 25 Sep
Fisherman; used to sell his catch, now stays within 500 m of shore
Gaza coast
Lunchall a day at sea brings home
The Palestine Chronicle, 14 Jan
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