Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive in Gaza as cash shortage worsens misery
Armed gangs sometimes demand a fee to provide priority access to ATMs, exploiting the absence of Palestinian police.
Palestinians sit to next to belongings as people flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2024.(photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)
