crisis has become stifling following the tight restrictions on movement imposed by measures to address the Corona pandemic, as shops and tourist facilities incurred millions of losses during the past months. Unemployment reached extremely high and unprecedented rates in the Gaza Strip, where it was already high, and significantly, even before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, reaching 43%19. The Israeli aggression exacerbated this situation and increased the size of the economic losses in the Gaza Strip. Especially since the Israeli occupation announced the closure of commercial crossings with the Gaza Strip as soon as the aggression began20. The government media office announced in a statement issued at noon, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, that the total losses caused by the continuous Israeli aggression amounted to (243.8) million US dollars21. These numbers are increasing, and perhaps multiplying, given the fact that the Israeli aggression continues at an escalating pace. The agricultural sector has suffered great losses, due to the intense Israeli bombing of agricultural lands, as well as animal farms damaged due to the bombing and the scarcity of fodder due to the closure. The Ministry of Agriculture estimated initial agricultural sector losses at about $ 5 million22. The damage took the form of direct damage to land cultivated with vegetables and the total or partial destruction of agricultural infrastructure (transmission lines and irrigation networks, in addition to agricultural wells and water reservoirs). Wheatfields, poultry farms, and livestock, in general, suffered imminent danger due to farmers' inability to attend and market, as the occupation deliberately targeted farmers in their land, in addition to closing the crossings23. On the other hand, the bombing directly destroyed the headquarters of banks, offices, factories, workshops, and dozens of shops, as the direct losses amounted to (27) million dollars in the economic and commercial establishments, due to the bombing24. This has caused heavy losses to the owners, on the one hand, and on the other hand, caused the loss of the source of livelihood for their workers, in light of unemployment rates described as the highest in the world in the Gaza Strip. Perhaps the most prominent example of this is the destruction of Al-Shorouk Tower, which housed dozens of offices, private clinics, and shops. Its destruction also caused severe damage to dozens of other commercial stores, as it is located in the most vital commercial areas in Gaza 19 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestinian Statistics: Announces the main results of the Labor Force Survey for the fourth quarter of 2020 (October - December, 2020 round), the impact of the Corona pandemic on the labor market <http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/postar.aspx ? lang = en & ItemID = 3918> 20 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Israeli authorities close the Beit Hanoun border crossing and the Gaza Strip Sea, a press release issued on May 10, 2021 <shorturl.at/otzC8> 21 Government Press Office (Gaza), Government Press Office statement, May 14, 2021 22 Ministry of Agriculture (Gaza), Agriculture: The initial losses of the agricultural sector exceed (5 million dollars), <https://moa.gov.ps/?p=7118> 23 Ministry of Agriculture (Gaza), Agriculture: Initial losses of the agricultural sector exceed (2 million dollars), <https://moa.gov.ps/?p=7112> The Ministry of Agriculture (Gaza), Agriculture warns of a catastrophe in the animal production sector due to the scarcity of fodder, <https://moa.gov.ps/?p=7115> 24 Government Press Office (Gaza), Government Press Office statement, May 18, 2021

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