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Since 10 May 2021, Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip has cost a devastating human toll. As of 20 May 2021, 6:00 pm, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 232 Palestinian casualties, including 65 children, and 1,900 injuries.[1]Al-Haq’s field reports have documented the indiscriminate and systematic attacks of the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) in the carrying of ariel bombings over the Gaza Strip, targeting high-rise tower blocks, residential buildings, commercial properties, administrative institutions, cultural and religious centers, banks and agricultural lands.
The economy has long been the sinews of war. Whether by directly targeting business sites or by causing collateral damage to commercial properties, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) seizes the opportunity to deeply and sustainably affect the Palestinian economy already on the fringe of collapse. More than 80 percent of Palestinians depend on international aid, without alleviating