Economy

An additional grant of $3.75 million was allocated by the World Bank to the ongoing West Bank and Gaza COVID-19 Emergency Response.

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said about 1.5mn people in Gaza left impoverished due to Israeli blockade, calls for international action to end Zionist regime's siege.

The two UN agencies renewed an agreement to extend support to Palestine refugee children, adolescents, and women in the State of Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced, on Tuesday, that it is seeking $1.6 billion in 2022 from the international community.

The Consumer Price Index in December was higher than expected; housing prices have risen 10.6% over the past year.

Under the patronage and in the presence of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, the Ministry of Local Government signed today four agreements with the Islamic Development Bank at a value of about 33 million US dollars.

Finland is making a contribution of €2 million to the Palestinian Authority to support the payment of medical referrals to East Al-Quds' Hospitals.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices increased by 7% in Palestine during the 3rd quarter 2021 compared to the parallel quarter 2020, said a report by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).

Qatar, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Gaza's electrical company agreed on Sunday to advance a long-term project to supply Gaza's power plant with Israeli gas, a statement said.

Over 27% of Israelis live in poverty and 774,000 children, nearly a third (31%) of all children in Israel, live with food insecurity.

Some 2.54 million people in occupied territories, including 1.118 million Israeli children, live in poverty, according to a report released yesterday by the Latet non-profit aid organisation.

Operating the three wastewater treatment plants located in the east of the Refugee camp of Al Burij, middle of the Gaza Strip, is part of a project aimed to solve the issue of critical water situation in the besieged enclave.