MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against siege, said that the poverty and unemployment rates in Gaza had surpassed 50% due to the Israeli blockade that entered its 8th year running.
Khudari said in a press release on Wednesday that more than one million citizens in Gaza Strip depend on relief aid to survive while the per capita income does not exceed two dollars a day.
He pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was horrifically worsening and affecting all aspects of life.
The MP asked the world community to diligently work for lifting the siege on Gaza so as to avoid further deteriorating of the humanitarian conditions.
Around two million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip under harsh economic and humanitarian conditions due to the Israeli blockade and the Egyptian closure of all border tunnels, which used to provide the beleaguered Strip with a portion of its needs.
