Reuters: Gaza war takes its toll on business and jobs

Nidal al-Mughrabi, writing for Reuters, has written about the damage the fighting in Gaza has done its economy:

"Mohammed Mustafa, the Palestinian deputy prime minister, said the postwar reconstruction of Gaza would cost at least $6 billion.

"Palestinians hope that donors will make good on their aid pledges. In 2009, only a fraction of the nearly $5 billion in funds promised at an international conference after a three-week war between Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas faction actually arrived in the battered enclave.

"The present Israeli bombardment has not spared factories that were demolished in 2009 and rebuilt."