Gaza . . . 500 factories are about to close

 Palestine Chronicle 29/12/19

2019 was one of the worst years for local Gaza economy that is struggling to stay afloat despite the hermetic Israeli blockade. Palestinian sources told Quds News Network that over 500 factories, which have provided much of Gazans’ domestic needs, will shut down by the end of this year, due to the increasingly dire economic situation in the besieged Gaza Strip . . . Quds News reported …  “The occupation state has targeted all kinds of economic installations during its wars on the besieged enclave,”