More aid trucks have been allowed into the Gaza Strip in recent days than at any other point since the war between Israel and Hamas started in October. Yet half the population of Gaza is now said to be suffering a famine, with the remainder experiencing acute food insecurity and malnutrition. And what remains of Gaza’s economy is now defined by abject need—humanitarian aid in the short term and reconstruction assistance down the road.
The Economics of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Will Palestinians ever recover from the famine and destruction?
Displaced Palestinian children pose for photos standing in front of makeshift tents at a camp beside a street in Rafah on March 14. Mohammed ABED / AFP
Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @CameronAbadi
Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history. Twitter: @adam_tooze
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