JABALIYA, Gaza Strip — Hani al-Nadi is down to his last donkey.
The lone white female stood in the livestock yard where he used to keep dozens of animals at a time; every year, he would import some 700 donkeys to keep up with local demand.
Donkeys are everywhere in Gaza. Israel’s more-than-15-year-old economic embargo limits the supply of trucks and fuel, so Gazans have reverted to donkey carts to haul produce, building materials, bomb debris and garbage. Even in the center of Gaza City, hundreds of carts add a 19th-century clip-clop to the chaotic traffic.
