Thousands of Gazans applied Wednesday for permits to work in Israel, which is reopening its gates to laborers from the Palestinian enclave.
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The total number of permits being granted by Israel to Palestinian laborers in Gaza is 7,000, an Israeli security official told AFP, up from the 5,000 workers and traders allowed in August.
Palestinian economic analyst Omar Shaaban said Israeli work permits could help alleviate "the unemployment crisis and poverty" within the territory, ruled by the Islamist organization Hamas.
According to Shaaban, Gaza's income would increase by $3 million per day if Israel granted 20,000 work permits.
