GAZA SALARY CRISIS UNRESOLVED

civil servants- image: Ma'an — **civil servants- image:** Ma’an

Gaza, 12 Sha’ban 1435/10 Juni 2014 (MINA)- Several Banks in the Gaza Strip remained closed on Monday as a crisis which began last week over salaries continues to challenge the newly formed unity government.

As thousands of civil servants rushed to ATM machines to receive their salaries.The crisis began on Wednesday (4/6), Ma’an News Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Hamas employees of the newly formed government were angered to find out they had not been paid, with Hamas-affiliated police officers preventing other PA employees from collecting their wages.

Hundreds of PA employees gathered near the Bank of Palestine in Gaza City to protest against not being unable to withdraw their salaries, Monday (9/6).

Gaza police have deployed around banks and ATM machines to prevent non-Hamas affiliated employees from retrieving their salaries until a solution is worked out.

Since the political division between Hamas and Fatah began in 2007, Hamas carry on government in the Gaza Strip with its own civil service.

During this time, however, the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority has continued paying its employees in the Gaza Strip.(T/Nidiya/P04/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)