The Saudi Al-Hadath channel published an economics article today (Sunday) about the prices of products in the Gaza Strip. "The price of groceries is very expensive, more expensive than usual. When prices go up, they usually go up by a shekel, now they have doubled, three or four times more," the channel reported.
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In a poll they held on the street about coffee: "We used to buy a 250 gram bag for seven shekels, today we buy 15 grams for ten shekels – it's a disaster. There are no supplies and we don't intend to bring more. What will we do?" As you know, a teaspoon of coffee contains about five grams.
"A kilo of sugar costs NIS 70," he continued. "From three shekels to 70 shekels per kilo. And this is injustice and injustice in the current situation. We have no money, only God knows how we manage and live."
The economy in the Gaza Strip. Credit: Arab Networks (Photo: Arab Networks)
At the end of the article it was said: "Even in Israel there are no such prices, a bag of juice cost half a shekel. Today the rate has already risen to five or six shekels and seven shekels, a biscuit unit that cost half a shekel now costs three shekels.