Soaring prices make poultry a luxury for Gazans in Ramadan

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Soaring prices make poultry a luxury for Gazans in Ramadan

STORY: Soaring prices make poultry a luxury for Gazans in Ramadan DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. inside Al-Bashir Poultry and Meat Mall 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FAYEZ AL-EJLA, Worker at the mall 3. inside Al-Bashir Poultry and Meat Mall 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED ASSAD, Local resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): IBRAHIM AL-SALMI, Local resident 6. inside Al-Bashir Poultry and Meat Mall STORYLINE: Soaring poultry prices have kept chicken, an iftar dinner basic, off many household holiday menus during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Gaza Strip. For several weeks, Gaza markets have witnessed a remarkable increase in the prices of poultry, as the per kg unit price of chicken has reached 5.5 U.S. dollars for the first time in years. The item cost 1.5 dollars per kg at most before Ramadan, according to the locals. In the Al-Bashir Poultry and Meat Mall in Gaza, refrigerators have been left empty with a banner noticing "chicken out of stock du

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