Israel’s Economy Contracts Nearly 20% After Outbreak of War
- Conflict roiled businesses with military call-ups, evacuations
- The economy still expanded by 2% for the whole of last year
A shopper passes an Israeli national flag at the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Israel’s economy suffered one of its worst-ever slumps, after the Hamas war paralyzed businesses, forced people to evacuate their homes and caused the military to call up hundreds of thousands of reservists.