11.   The closure has cost the Palestinians millions of dollars daily in lost wages and other income.

12.   The World Bank has said the closure costs the already struggling Palestinian economy millions of dollars a day.

13.   The World Bank has said the closure costs the struggling Palestinian economy millions of dollars daily.

14.   World Bank says closure costs Palestinians millions.

15.   Disagreement persists over how much the closure will cost.

16.   Palestinian officials say the closures cost the Palestinian economy at least six million dollars per day in lost earnings.

17.   Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said recently that such closures cost the Palestnian economy an estimated five million dollars a day.

18.   Palestinian officials estimate the closure is costing six million dollars daily in lost revenues.

19.   Palestinian trade union leader Shaher Saad estimated that the closure cost Gaza some three million dollars a day in lost earnings and trade.

20.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says the closure is costing his self-rule authority some six million dollars a day.