Why do I spend hours sorting out banknotes

In the Gaza Proza Room market, the money is sold. He stepped out and improved the faded color with careful strokes.

Barhaa Abu Al-Ancana should be taught at the University – but instead he makes a living from the table he has set in the street stream.

Raising Banknotes is a new business in Gaza.

Ever since the soft attack of Hamas on Israel in 2023 and the brutal War that it has created, Israel has stopped, and most of the other supplies.

Most of the banks are funded in Israel, and many are decentralized. While some branches have reopened since the cheasefire took effect seven weeks ago, there are still no atms.

But people need cash to buy food and necessities. That has forced them to turn to money traders who charge a strong commission to capture digital transfers into money. It also saw a huge increase in the use of E-devét and money transfer applications.

And that means that every banknote issue is more than ever – no matter how. That’s where Barya comes in. “My tools are simple: Ruler, pencil, colored pencils and glue,” he said.

“Citeefire has not changed the financial situation. What I do now is to serve people and help them.”

The series of economic agus’ that has been a disaster for two years reminds that the new report may declare the entire population that is more than two people in poverty.

Four out of five people are currently unemployed, including those who are not in trade and development (untead), those who still have income or care improvements.

“It’s pure suffering and nothing more,” said Norhan, who was displaced in Gaza City from Jabalia in the north. “Government income, lack of money, no flow of money from the bank.”

At the beginning of the war, the Israelis attacked the bank, which was destroyed by Hamas. The vault was sprayed by armed Palestinian gangs, some believed to be Hamas. The Palestinian Authority (PMA) previously said that cash of about $180m (£136m) was stolen.

Cikat, the defense crews putra samabata who manage sea border crossings, ensure that saline and money political command “, Isrollia has not yet controlled the money., Isua has not received aka.

Lack of t danairing preulah “Does not cause problems for valuation and buyers”, said Zakanaa Ajour, setting stall-stop in Tipe Kota. People don’t want to take a good, delicate record at face value anymore, “If there’s a scratch or a piece of tape on the record.

“Some customers come to me just because they want a small change for transportation, but I don’t have any change,” MR Ejour continued. “Jari-shekel coins are just fine, and even if they are, they usually have no value because of inflation due to the money crisis.”

Now, there is an old line outside the Palamptina bank in Caza, one of the nine branches of the five banks that have opened. Customers simply include a frozen account, open a new one, or log into the banking application.

For example al-Warga wants to set up an account so that we can receive money directly from relatives living outside gaza. “That’s the process.” Said, “he said. “We got up at 06:00 and left our children behind the tent. We left everything just to get to the bank.”

In the southern city of Khan Hidis, from where the banks are too badly damaged, Abu Khalil has been waiting in Gaza. After spending many days in line, he did not manage to enter the bank there, and despised the idea of ​​having to go back.

His grandfather still receives a monthly salary of around 2,000 Carelel ($612; £463) from IDERSIA) from % Amihanal “You have to pay the fees. There is no alternative,” he complains.

In During the war, based on the urgent need for cash, many small businesses offered money and exchange services in turning electronic commissaries into cash. On occasion it has reached 50%, although it has recently dropped.

A money trader, who wishes to remain anonymous, informs that the source of the market determines the commission rate. “Our work is directly linked to market activity and the arrival of goods and aid,” he said. “When there is a flow of goods, and active buying and selling, direct commission, sometimes it drops to below 20%. But when the crossing is close, the speed increases, the level increases.”

Electronic transfer through the Bank application – where stores and offices of minor color users – has become a popular work to make purchases, even small items.

PMM, which acts as a financial regulator, should launch a payment system that allows instant transfers between local bank accounts. For those without an account, the Palestinian bank offers E-crossing where there are now more than 500,000 users in Gaza. These transactions can be done without an internet connection or app, using text services on any mobile phone.

These E-Winkets are used to send immediate financial assistance to families in need, by humanitarian agencies including UNIPIF and the world food program. Since the beginning of last year, unicei says it has produced up to a million action figures – half of them children. It protects vulnerable children, including Ulute and orphans, and pregnant or nursing mothers.

“Dibidi, you can close the grocery store and the phone is used as a payment card, you can buy with it,” The way, “explains Jonathan Crickex from Prepickd. “This allows a higher accuracy of how the money actually goes.

MR Crickx said he had a family that had to raise 2kg (4.4lb) of tomatoes for about $80.

Hanan Abu Jahel, who drove from Gaza City and lives in the camp in al-Zawaida in Gaza Central with 1,267 people. From) have (367) from some or Acicat). He used it to buy basics like rice, lentils and pasta.

But said that: “My children need vegetables, fruit, meat and eggs. I am a young flower prochess eggs and I have to cover the needs of 12 people.”

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Back in Gaza City, Barera Abu Al-Kajang Holds the Banknote he has worked on the lamp. expert He has more customers waiting, attracted by the fact that he fixes attention “with professional production and without painter’s tape”.

As a caretaker, he soon returned to a normal life with more favorable job prospects.

“I just want this war to end completely,” he said. “My hope is to feel relieved, to be able to study and work with a degree.

“In Gaza, we are just surviving. We are not human anymore.”