APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 14 April 2021. Relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails choose clothes in a mall in Gaza city marking Palestinian prisoner's Day.
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According to Palestinian estimates, there are 4,400 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including 39 women and 155 children, and around 350 being held under Israel’s administrative detention policy, which allows holding Palestinians without charge or trial.
The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip, with a population of nearly 2.1 million, has almost reached 50% due to the land, sea and air blockade imposed by Israel for 15 years, according to UN data.
More than half of the population in the Gaza Strip currently lives below the poverty line.
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