Gazans forced to sell their belongings
The harsh economic crisis that has been worsening in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli blockade and the PA’s financial deficit has forced Gazans to sell their belongings to avoid begging for money.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Poverty has led Khaled Selim, 48, to sell some of his furniture at a very cheap price in order to provide for his family members and stop them from reaching the stage of begging.
Selim, who works in a concrete factory that was destroyed during the war on Gaza, told Al-Monitor, “I had no option but to sell my furniture as I ran out of all the money I had saved. I had no money left to cover the needs of my family. I cannot afford my wife's medicine, and she is suffering from cancer.”
Selim said that his family is now sleeping on the floor as he had to sell their beds, and that his unemployment will force him to sell his refrigerator in the near future: “What is the point of having a refrigerator when it’s always empty?”
The suffering of Selim, who lives in Gaza City, mirrors the suffering of the majority of the 1.8 million Gazans. They are suffering from multiple severe financial crises that have affected the already devastating Palestinian economic situation.
