Cash is disappearing in Gaza

Cash is disappearing in Gaza

A liquidity crisis is affecting everyone with old notes falling apart, commissions skyrocketing, and merchants refusing electronic payments.

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Israel’s blockade on Gaza includes cash. Here, people walk past a market stall in Khan Younis on 29 March 2025. Rola Hamdouna The Electronic Intifada 5 May 2025 Maha Mahdi, 51, had worked hard for many years to save up money for her children’s education. The mother of four sons aged between 12 and 19 combined a daytime job as an assistant at a medical analysis laboratory with private lessons to save up money for her children’s education. She ha…