Gaza
Gazans build makeshift economy in displacement camps to survive.
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Displaced Gazans have constructed informal economic systems in camps to sustain themselves amid the devastation of the conflict, Mondoweiss reported. A gym owner fashions weights from empty cans, a supermarket operator has shifted to baking, and a former housewife now works as a street vendor. Each adaptation represents an attempt to rebuild livelihoods from available materials and skills.
The survival strategies reflect the scale of displacement and economic collapse across Gaza. One person cited inability to watch children go hungry as motivation for finding new work. The makeshift enterprises demonstrate how ordinary Palestinians have reorganized daily life under extreme constraints.
