Nearly 80 percent of Gaza residents receive some kind of assistance due to the strict siege imposed on the Gaza Strip ten years ago, said the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

In a report published in Gaza Monday, the monitor said that 40% of Gaza residents live under the poverty line, adding that unemployment rate reached to 43% due to stifling Israeli blockade.

The blockade started in the wake of the 2006 Palestinian elections, which the Palestinian Hamas Movement, won with an overwhelming majority.

Source: MENA