Mohammed describes a delivery job from hell.
¡°I get screwed on every shipment,¡± the Gazan trader told reporters. He said he has to fork out more than $14,000 for each truck of food he brings into the besieged enclave to pay sky-high transport costs, bribes to middlemen and protection from looters. That¡¯s up from $1,500-$4,000 before the war began in October.
¡°It¡¯s barely worth my while. But I need food, my neighbors need food, the whole of Gaza needs food.¡±
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