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»In the devastated Gaza Strip, cash is king. But few banks remain standing and Israel’s blocking of bill and coin transfers in and out of the territory also means cash is scarce.
“People have been passing around the same bills for more than a year now,” says a jeweler who people pay to repair paper money. “Of course they’re tattered and fragile.”«

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-05/gaza-money-shortage