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Seeking new funds, Hamas raises taxes in impoverished Gaza

A women buys clothes on the main road of an outdoor clothes market in Gaza City, Monday, July 25, 2022. Gaza's Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and school supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal area. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) Women shop for clothes on the main road of an outdoor clothes market in Gaza City, Monday, July 25, 2022. Gaza's Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and school supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal area. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) A Gaza clothes merchant holds up jeans during a sit-in to protest a new tax of 10 shekels (2.9 dollars) on each pair of imported jeans, in front of the Clothes Traders Syndicate in Gaza City, July 21, 2022. Gaza's Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and school supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal area. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) Women shop for clothes on the main road of an outdoor clothes market in Gaza City, Monday, July 25, 2022. Gaza’s Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and school supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal area. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)