sanitation

The conditions are as unhygienic as can be imagined in a subterranean tunnel with no light, air, running water or sanitation.

Large raises for city sanitation workers and rising equipment costs also bumped up expenditures.

Mr Sharabi says he was taken into Hamas' network of tunnels, where he describes spending months with three other hostages in cramped, inhumane conditions with little sanitation or food.

In another, he was observing a clean up behind the yellow tape when a sanitation worker purposefully obstructed his view and ordered him to move back while on a public sidewalk, the suit alleges.

"People don't have access to good education, water and sanitation… we have a lack of facilities, but they're still creating so many laws to benefit themselves," Mr Cesar said.