The assassinations have damaged Hamas's economic network – which is unable to pay its terrorists

The Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat revealed that a severe cash crisis has emerged in the Gaza Strip, following the assassinations of senior Hamas financial officials. The organization is struggling to pay salaries to its terrorists, and merchants have switched to electronic transfers. Hamas is pressuring merchants to accept cash so it can raise funds.

The Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat revealed today (Sunday) that a severe cash crisis has emerged in the Gaza Strip. Merchants on the street are mainly using electronic transfers, because cash is going to pay salaries to Hamas terrorists. Now, even the terrorist organization does not have enough cash to pay. The situation, according to the report, is due to the recent assassinations by our forces in the Strip, in which senior financial officials in the terrorist organization were eliminated. Those terrorists were responsible for money and salary transfers, and their absence is affecting the field. According to the newspaper, since the October 7 massacre, Israel has prevented the entry of cash into Gaza, in order to force payment through electronic applications – a step aimed at imposing a siege on Hamas and tracking the money. Hamas is facing a severe crisis in cash availability, alongside repeated assassinations of funding sources and money changers. The organization's plan, as reported, is to pressure merchants to mainly accept cash, so that it can more easily collect the money for itself. An official source in the Hamas police said there is a "firm decision to take stringent measures against merchants who refuse to work with cash banknotes."