New iPhone 17 devices -- including gold-plated models -- are being sold in the Gaza Strip "at exorbitant prices," after retailers managed to import the latest Apple smartphone through recently opened border crossings, according to Hebrew media reports.

Israel Hayom and Kan reported that some Gazan merchants had received shipments of the phones during the war, before the model was even released in Israel.

Prices in the Strip reportedly exceed NIS 30,000 ($9,175). By comparison, the iPhone 17 sells for NIS 3,000 to 5,200 ($900-1,600) in Israel.

Videos circulating online show Gazan businesses promoting their new stock of iPhones to local consumers. In one video posted on Tuesday by an account named Yosif Phone, a merchant showed his new stock of gold-plated iPhone 17s that are encrusted with diamonds and come with a gold Apple Watch.

The iPhone 17 series is available in a variety of colors, but gold-plated ones are not available at standard vendors.

The images stand in sharp contrast to conditions in much of the Strip, where many Palestinians continue to live in tents, more than two years into the war. But the reports note that a wealthier segment of Gazan society remains able to purchase high-end luxury goods.

According to unnamed sources who spoke to Ynet, these more well-to-do Gazans are mostly Hamas members.