A muted welcome to 2017 in Gaza

Finances have been limited by the siege and the lack of salaries, which has stifled their purchasing power

by Mohammed Asad

Palestinians living in Gaza made the most of the last few days of 2016, seeing the year off in the best possible way while living under the siege.

Israel has imposed a ten year siege on the enclave, limiting produce entering the Strip, with many people still living in makeshift accommodation following Israel’s devastating war in 2014.

Finances have been limited by the siege and the lack of salaries, which has stifled their purchasing power.

In Gaza, people took to the streets and the coast and saw in 2017 wishing that the new year would bring an ease to their suffering and an end to the crippling siege.

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