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Gazan mother of 7 makes living by selling bread crumbs

Fairuz, a 45-year-old Palestinian woman and her family's sole breadwinner, has learned to eke out a living in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip by selling bread crumbs to local bird breeders.

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"Sometimes I can't even buy enough water and have to ask my neighbors for help," Fairuz told Anadolu Agency, lamenting that water provided by the local authorities was generally too salty to drink. Struggling with poverty, sickness and other travails, Fairuz hopes to eventually find more suitable employment so as to better provide for herself and her family.