Gaza mother repairs torn banknotes to survive after losing two children
In Gaza's Nuseirat Camp, a mother who lost two children in Israeli strikes now supports her family by repairing torn banknotes — a once-forgotten trade revived by the collapse of cash flow.
In Gaza's central Nuseirat Refugee Camp, 45-year-old Menal Salim al-Saidi is fighting to support her family after losing her 17-year-old son and one daughter in Israeli attacks.
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Following the destruction in Bureij Camp, she now cares for her seven daughters and her elderly, unable-to-work husband by spending her days in the Nuseirat market repairing old and torn banknotes — a rare trade that has regained importance as cash circulation collapses in the region.