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Gazans pursue jobs in Israel despite danger

Difficult living conditions inside the Gaza Strip have pushed citizens to risk their lives to emigrate in search of work even without the proper Israeli permits.

Hana Salah
Hana Salah
Apr 30, 2015
A Palestinian man holds a child near the Erez crossing in Beit Hanun in the north of the Gaza Strip on January 13, 2015. The head of the Palestinian authority for civil affairs, Hussein al-Sheikh, said that Hamas have taken over the Palestinian side of the Erez Crossing, while the Islamic movement which controls the impoverished Palestinian territory has accused the Palestinian authority of stopping work at the crossing "without justification." AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHA
A Palestinian man holds a child near the Erez crossing in Beit Hanun in the north of the Gaza Strip, Jan. 13, 2015. — AFP/Getty Images/Mohammed Abed

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