A new report is highlighting how living conditions for the people of Gaza are getting even worse.

The Gaza based Institute for Development Studies in Palestine says more than 80 per cent of Gazans now live below the poverty line.

Almost all businesses in the strip are going bankrupt because of Israel's ban on goods getting in or out.

None of the border crossings into Egypt or Israel have been fully open for more than a year.

Sherine Tadros reports.