Jamal Al-Khodari, head of the Popular Committee to Confront the Siege, said that 100% of the factories in the Gaza Strip were totally or partially affected by the Israeli siege and successive attacks, while hundreds of factories and shops were closed due to the siege that resulted in this economic situation. Dangerous.
Al-Khudari said in a press statement on Friday that the occupation targets the Palestinian economy in general, and aims to undermine it, especially the industrial sector, where it still prevents the entry of most of the necessary raw materials industry, under the pretext of dual use.
He pointed out that these measures exacerbated the suffering of the owners of factories, workers and technicians, and turned these factories into steel structures without any benefit, while recording direct and indirect economic losses of more than $ 70 million per month, including industrial, commercial, agricultural and all business sectors.
He stressed that the occupation imposes severe restrictions on the export from Gaza abroad to hit the economy, noting that these restrictions limit but prevent the export of many products, which affects the income supposed in the event of freedom of export of goods and products from Gaza.
Al-Khudari stressed that the economic downturn due to the siege and economic restrictions imposed by the occupation, reflected directly on the industrial and commercial sectors, and its effects are reflected in daily closures of shops, workshops and factories in all sectors.
"This threatens and signals a further sharp rise in poverty and unemployment, which is already high and sharply high." He pointed out that 85% of the population of the Gaza Strip live below the poverty line, according to the latest report of the Popular Committee to face the siege.
Al-Khudari stressed the need to lift the siege completely as a radical solution and the main gate to end the suffering of Gaza, which requires a great international effort to pressure the Israeli occupation to lift the siege.
