UN experts urge Israel to end its financial stranglehold on OPT – Middle East Monitor

UN human rights experts on Monday warned of a severe economic emergency in the occupied Palestinian territory, saying Israel’s financial restrictions and military actions have devastated livelihoods and violated international law, Anadolu reports.

“Economic life in Gaza has been decimated by sheer physical destruction, blockade and siege, and repeated forced displacement,” the experts said in a statement. They noted that unemployment has surged above 80%,…