Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:32 PM • August 20 2026 IDTPalestinians in Gaza are paying soaring prices for basic goods, while hospitals and businesses have increasingly turned to smugglers to obtain medicine, fuel, equipment and other supplies banned or restricted by Israel, according to an Associated Press investigation.In the NewsSmuggling Boom in Gaza Fuels Black Market for Goods Banned by IsraelIs Avigdor Lieberman Plotting His Own Path to Replace Netanyahu?Ultra-Orthodox Leaders Strike Fragile Deal to Contain Growing Leadership FeudIt's Not Just Violence: Israel Is Crushing the Palestinian Economy TooA Peeping Damselfly Beats All in Ecology Photo CompetitionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest LiesThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsSo Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?
Smuggling boom in Gaza fuels black market for goods banned by Israel
Traders, officials and residents describe a shadow economy supplying everything from cigarettes to medical equipment, with allegations that Israeli soldiers and Hamas authorities profit from the trade







