Rubble brings opportunity, and risk, in war-scarred Gaza

The Gaza Strip has few jobs, little electricity and almost no natural resources. In a territory suffering from a chronic shortage of construction materials, a bustling recycling industry has sprouted up, providing income to a lucky few but raising concerns that the refurbished rubble is substandard and unsafe. “It’s a lucrative business,” said Naji Sarhan, deputy housing minister in the territory’s Hamas-led government.

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