"For the past year, the money available in this territory has been circulating among people ... Now, people are refusing to take the banknotes because they're all torn," says Imad Atallah as he waits for his torn up banknotes to be repaired at a market in Deir el-Balah. According to the United Nations, more than a year of war has plunged the vast majority of Gaza's population into poverty with a ruined economy and widespread unemployment. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES