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The Israeli military now occupies 50 percent of Gaza and has doubled the size of its so-called buffer zone since relaunching its war against the strip last month.

As a result, Israel has dramatically expanded its occupation of Gaza and is β€œsqueezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land,” AP reported.

The buffer zone, where the Israeli army β€œhas razed Palestinian homes, farmland, and infrastructure to the point of uninhabitability,” now extends as far as 3 kilometers into Gaza in some places, according to a map issued by the Israeli military.

Israeli troops also occupy the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the Gaza–Egypt border, and the Netzarim Corridor, which bisects Gaza in two from north to south.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli forces would occupy a third corridor, β€œMorag,” which will further divide Gaza and cut off the city of Rafah on the Egyptian border from the city of Khan Yunis.

April 7, 2025.

Are banks operational in Gaza? And how do we deal with cash flow?

The targeting of the occupation against the banking and financial systems in the Gaza Strip, the destruction of dozens of exchange offices and ATMs, the prohibition of financial transfers to Gazans, and the absence of regulatory oversight from the relevant authorities have led to chaos and the dominance of banks and exchange offices, resulting in an increase in the financial discount as commissions on the amounts that Palestinians there seek to obtain in cash.

So as not to get away from the main topic of this post, let's focus on answering these two questions directly.

Yes and no.

How is that, Mahmoud? Explain.

Yes, all banks in Gaza have shut down their headquarters since the war broke out, and it's not possible to contact their employees to complete certain transactions.

But banks operate digitally through some official apps, mainly Bank of Palestine since its headquarters is in Ramallah and not Gaza, so it operates normally.

So you're saying the banks are closed does that mean ATMs are, too? How do you withdraw your money?

Through traders in Gaza.

How does that work?

Let's say Mahmoud needs to withdraw 100 dollars in cash. He goes to one of the known traders in Gaza and says "I need 100 dollars in cash, how much is commission?"

How much is commission?

Commission differs from one trader to another. It comes down to their personal desire. For example on the day of writing this post, dated 4/12/2024, commission for cash withdrawal has reached 30% of the amount withdrawn.

In other words, if I had 100 dollars in my bank account, I need to pay 30 dollars to the trader, and receive 70 dollars in cash. So, the price of converting bank credit to cash is 30% of that amount.

Meaning if I had 1000 dollars, I receive 700 dollars instead. Imagine that level of injustice, despair, and despotism.

When you receive money from outside of Palestine, the trader also keeps 30%.

But there's nothing we can do. We have no choice but to accept these terms, just to be able to eat and drink and go on with our daily needs.

On the other hand, prices of goods are astronomical. I am not exaggerating when I say that if a person in Gaza has unlimited money it still wouldn't be enough.

The smallest of families need 100 dollars a day just to get by with theΒ bareΒ minimum.

Help us to provide food for today and feed our children in the midst of this famine.

Only $350 left to reach the short-term goal of $22,000

mohammed @save-mohamed-family and his family really need support. they were displaced again recently, and everything is extremely expensive because isnt allowing aid into gaza.

mohammed seriously injured his hand earlier and had to pay for treatment to save it, and doesnt have money left to pay for his wifes medical treatment in egypt, and food and medicine for his young kids.

donations have been slow and mohammed tells me how he feels hopeless and he doesnt know what else to do to take care of his family. his kids ask him whether theyll be able to buy things and he doesnt know what to tell them. please donate and share if you can, even $5 helps

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Now that orders are open for Humanity: Obey Me Zine for Charity @humanityobmz here is the piece that I worked on! I had tons of fun working on this and I encourage everyone who likes this to take a look at the zine, order info linked in this post.

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