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Gaza loses 61 percent of jobs in Israel-Hamas war, UN agency says

The equivalent of 182,000 jobs have been lost in Gaza since the start of the Israeli-Hamas war, according to the International Labour Organization [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

Gaza has lost at least 61 percent of its jobs since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the United Nations labour agency has said, warning that the economic fallout will reverberate for “many years to come”.

The Palestinian territory’s estimated employment losses are equivalent to 182,000 jobs, the International Labour Organization said on Monday in an assessment of the economic impact of the conflict.

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