Tunnels’ economy in Gaza

Hamas government offers Strip's residents, who invested their money in smuggling tunnels later destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, a partial repayment of 16.5% on the dollar The Hamas government is offering Gaza residents, who invested their money in tunnels later ... [full story]

Blockaded, impoverished and ever open to Israeli attack, the Gaza Strip has little to offer investors on the surface of things.Which is largely why, by the end of 2008, an estimated 4,000 Palestinians decided to bury their money, financing the ... [full story]

Investment opportunities are rare in the Gaza Strip. So when Nabila Ghabin saw one last year, she pawned her car and jewelry and put $12,000 into a network of tunnels that brought in supplies smuggled from Egypt. She was one ... [full story]