Gaza News | Palestinians Queue At Reopened Gaza Bank, Leave Disappointed By Cash Shortage On Tuesday, dozens of people in Deir al-Balah spent hours in line at the Bank of Palestine hoping to access their money but were turned away. The cash-strapped territory has been wrestling with cash liquidity since the beginning of the two-year war between Hamas and Israel. “Without having the bank open and without money, it does not matter that the prices (in the market) have dropped,” Kamilia al-Ajez, who was displaced from the southernmost city of Rafah, said.