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Gaza: Escalating humanitarian and economic collapse

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Gaza faces an intensifying humanitarian and economic catastrophe. Economic losses have surpassed $80 billion, and 92% of economic facilities have been damaged or destroyed, leading to a near-total collapse of local production. ~~UNCTAD reports that industrial and agricultural production have fallen by 94%, while the construction sector has dropped by 99%.~~ Unemployment has surged above 90%, and daily GDP per capita has fallen to approximately 58 cents. The shelter crisis has reached a breaking ~~point as winter approaches.~~ point. Approximately 1.76 million ~~people, or 84% of the population,~~ people live in overcrowded or inappropriate shelters. Vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly, face extreme hardship in makeshift tents that lack protection from rainwater and fail to accommodate chronic health conditions. Over ~~2,000 buildings~~ 300,000 children are at currently receiving education in temporary spaces, while more than 8,000 people remain missing under rubble. Food security is reaching a critical threshold, with the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warning of a renewed risk of ~~collapse, and 162,000 tents are~~ famine. Current supplies reportedly ~~out~~ meet only 37% of ~~service. In~~ the ~~Zeytun neighborhood, 85%~~ population's needs. Shortages of ~~infrastructure has been destroyed, leading officials~~ flour, vegetables, and fuel have forced the closure of bakeries, and families are increasingly unable to ~~declare it a “disaster zone.” Food security is reaching a critical threshold.~~ secure infant milk or nutritional supplements. The World Food Programme (WFP) has ~~implemented severe austerity measures~~ been forced to reduce assistance due to acute funding ~~shortfalls, reducing monthly aid recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million~~ shortages and ~~halving food rations. This leaves~~ border crossing obstacles, affecting approximately 500,000 ~~people without essential support, contributing to rising malnutrition, particularly among children.~~ residents. Health and sanitation services are failing. Severe diesel fuel shortages jeopardize hospital ~~generators~~ generators, and ~~ambulances, while~~ 90% of the population lacks regular access to clean water. A widespread outbreak of infectious skin diseases has been reported among displaced persons due to extreme overcrowding and lack of hygiene supplies. ~~Additionally, a severe shortage of physical cash has created commercial paralysis, forcing a precarious shift toward digital banking.~~

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