Workers Get Cash in 1st Payday Since March
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From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of Palestinian workers left banks carrying crisp $100 bills, their first payday since March, as the Hamas-led government dipped into suitcases full of cash to circumvent a Western aid cutoff.
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar hauled $20 million in cash across the Egyptian border into the Gaza Strip last week, and another official followed with $2 million. Hamas officials said the money came from private donations and Islamic charities.
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