Poverty to 60 Per Cent in Gaza

A Palestinian girl and her family stand in front of their home in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Khan Younis, where poverty is growing and there is little hope for the future, in the southern Gaza on February 19, 2017. While Gaza has always been poor, conditions for the 2 million people who live in the crowded seaside territory have worsened, as the numbers of the unemployed laborers in Gaza reached 250,000 and poverty grown to 60 per cent, according to local reports. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/ UPI