Gaza has experienced '16 years of de-development': UN

People walk past shops closed following a call for a general strike in support of the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on October 25, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
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"Gaza has experienced 16 years of de-development and suppressed human potential and the right to development," the UN's UNCTAD trade and development agency said

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP)

October 25, 2023

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People walk past shops closed following a call for a general strike in support of the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on October 25, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

The Gaza Strip has lived through 16 years of de-development, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that the economic consequences of the Israel-Hamas war were "impossible to determine".

"Gaza has experienced 16 years of de-development and suppressed human potential and the right to development," the UN's UNCTAD trade and development agency said in an annual report on the Palestinian economy.

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