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1.5 million Gazans live below poverty line

A new survey indicates that poverty is on the rise in the Gaza Strip which has been put under an Israel-Egyptian siege for nearly a decade.

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Ashraf Shannon
Press TV, Gaza

A new survey indicates that poverty is on the rise in the Gaza Strip which has been put under an Israeli-Egyptian siege for nearly a decade. The majority of the Palestinians living in the coastal strip have an average income of two dollars a day. They are forced to eat less so that they can feed all of their family members. Press TV’s correspondent Ashraf Shannon has the details in the following report.