The Cost of Survival in Gaza

Saleh Abu Shamala went into hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt trying to keep his parents and five siblings alive in Gaza. As Israel clamped down on trade and aid, citing security concerns, prices skyrocketed. Meanwhile, Israeli trucks secretly moved at night through a military border, carrying restricted goods from iPhones to drugs. Our investigation uncovered a shadowy network of profiteers and middlemen, some of whom are in the Israeli security service, making millions off a humanitarian crisis and trading black market goods for intel and hostage remains.