Gaza Goat Feed Prices Jump as Sealed Tunnels Hit Economy

Muhamed Musa used to save more than $2,000 a month buying goat feed smuggled into Gaza, until an Egyptian offensive shut the crawlways and forced him to import from Israel at a higher cost.

Sales at his farm-supply shop have dropped by half, as he joins the butchers, builders and others in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip struggling with the economic jolt caused by the toppling of Egypt’s Islamist government, the Palestinian territory’s patron.