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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/even-after-unity-deal-hamas-still-runs-failing-gaza/
Even After Unity Deal, Hamas Still Runs Failing Gaza
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - The police in Gaza shut the banks down for six days on Hamas' orders. On Wednesday, Hamas decided to allow the banks to open and the 50,000 PA employees who have been receiving salaries since June 2007 without actually going to work received their salaries. But 40,000 Hamas employees were still left without money. In less than a week, if the 40,000 salaries aren't paid, Hamas members are planning to embark on a general strike, including the security forces. For Israel, this means that the Hamas "Restraining Force" operating on the Israeli border to prevent rocket fire will leave their posts. Almost every week, Israeli radar detects rockets flying toward the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza. These are rocket tests. The estimate in Israel today is that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have close to 500 rockets that can hit the Tel Aviv area.