Gaza's bicycle couriers refuse to stop despite danger and pittance pay
- By Mohammed Nashbat with Euronews Arabic Published on 17/09/2026 - 11:56 GMT+2•Updated 12:17 Gaza delivery workers pedalling through rubble on bicycles can spend 40 of their 50-shekel (€12) daily earnings fixing a single puncture.
- Fuel shortages, transport disruption and the destruction of Gaza's road network have made bicycles — known colloquially as "baskleet" — the primary means of delivery across the Strip.
- Workers who spoke to Euronews described a job that keeps them under relentless pressure: the physical strain of cycling through rubble, the cost of constant repairs, and the danger of p
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- By Mohammed Nashbat with Euronews Arabic Published on 17/09/2026 - 11:56 GMT+2•Updated 12:17 Gaza delivery workers pedalling through rubble on bicycles can spend 40 of their 50-shekel (€12) daily earnings fixing a single puncture.
- Fuel shortages, transport disruption and the destruction of Gaza's road network have made bicycles — known colloquially as "baskleet" — the primary means of delivery across the Strip.
- Workers who spoke to Euronews described a job that keeps them under relentless pressure: the physical strain of cycling through rubble, the cost of constant repairs, and the danger of p
Sources: Euronews