{"id":3742,"date":"2025-10-31T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:53:58","slug":"ghaza-banky-vidkrylasia-ale-hotivky-nema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/ghaza-banky-vidkrylasia-ale-hotivky-nema\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks in Gaza reopen but no cash - Palestinians' worried lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"396\">Banks are open, but there is no cash<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"792\">The Gaza Strip has enjoyed relative calm after months of intense airstrikes and blockade - but life for the local population remains dramatic. According to Reuters, as soon as banks reopened, people lined up in the hope of getting cash - but instead faced severe shortages.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"1050\">In the city of Nusairat, people complain that banks accept documents, but there is little or no money being issued. \u00abThere is no cash, no liquidity in the bank,\u00bb says 61-year-old <strong>Wael Abu Fares<\/strong>, Father of six children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SqCD2CsSPbg\"><iframe title=\"Gazans repair torn banknotes and wait in line as cash crisis deepens | REUTERS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqCD2CsSPbg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1055\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1096\">How it affects everyday life<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1380\">In Gaza, cash is vital for market purchases, utility bills and simply survival. Due to the blockade of cash tanks by the <strong>COGAT<\/strong> (the Israeli military body that controls aid flows), the movement of the banknotes was blocked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1594\">An economist from Gaza, <strong>Mohammad Abu Jayyab<\/strong>, said: \u00abBanks are open, air conditioning is working, but it's mostly electronic transactions - no deposits, no cash withdrawals.\u00bb.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1596\" data-end=\"1599\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1651\">High commissions - cash through \u201cintermediaries\u201d<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1842\">Due to the lack of money in banks, people are forced to turn to local intermediary traders who charge a commission of 20 % to 40 % for providing cash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"2123\">Iman al-Jabari, a mother of seven, describes her experience as follows: \u00abWe need to spend <strong data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1940\">two or three days<\/strong>, going back and forth, wasting your life standing in line. And in the end, you get only 400-500 shekels (about $123-153). What is that for today?\u00bb<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2125\" data-end=\"2128\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2172\">Torn banknotes and barter as the new normal<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2432\">In addition to the shortage of money, most banknotes are so worn that they have to be repaired by hand. For example, Manal al-Saidi, 40, repairs damaged banknotes to get at least some opportunity to buy bread or beans.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2434\" data-end=\"2680\">In many cases, people are turning to exchange or barter - many have lost their families, jobs, homes, spent their savings, sold their property to buy food or medicine. Cash shortages are only exacerbating the crisis.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2685\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"2700\">What's next?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2862\">It is unclear when, or if, the normal flow of cash into the Gaza Strip will resume: a request to COGAT went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2864\" data-end=\"3118\">So far, the population is actually surviving in a financial collapse - banks are open but functioning only nominally; there is no money and prices are rising. In this context, the ceasefire only brings a reduction in shelling - but not relief from economic hardship.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0411\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u0456\u0432\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043c\u0430\u0454 \u0423 \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456 \u0490\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0438\u0440\u2019\u044f \u0432\u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043a \u0431\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044c\u043e\u0445 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u044f\u0446\u0456\u0432 \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0432\u0456\u0430\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u0456 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0438 \u0437\u2019\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432\u0441\u044f \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0439 \u2014 \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0434\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c. \u042f\u043a \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 \u0430\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e Reuters, \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f \u0431\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0448\u0438\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u0443 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438, \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0456\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u0456\u0432\u043a\u0443 \u2014 \u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0437 \u0436\u043e\u0440\u0441\u0442\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0434\u0435\u0444\u0456\u0446\u0438\u0442\u043e\u043c. \u0423 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u041d\u0443\u0441\u0435\u0439\u0440\u0430\u0442 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0438 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":3743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0411\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u0432 \u0413\u0430\u0437\u0456","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-3742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3745,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions\/3745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}