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Ongoing blockade will cause Gaza to explode in the face of Israel, Hamas warns

Employees are being laid off and shops are closing down in the cash-strapped Gaza Strip, while the World Bank warns that the economy is collapsing after a decadelong blockade.
A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag gestures as he climbs over the Israeli fence during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, at the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC18961E5F10

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Abo Iskandar Bakery, a well-known bakery in the Gaza Strip, posted Oct. 1 on its Facebook page a job for a full-time baker. In less than 24 hours, about 3,000 applicants replied, including university graduates.

This came a few days after the World Bank report published Sept. 27 on the economic situation in the Gaza Strip, which warned against an economic catastrophe in the cash-strapped coastal enclave because of the ongoing Israeli blockade since 2007.

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