The Qatari envoy for the Gaza Strip, who on Tuesday tried to calm things down between Hamas and Israel, left the Palestinian enclave for Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening, according to sources in Gaza. Arrived Tuesday evening in the Gaza Strip with financial aid and proposals to restart a truce between the Islamists in power and Israel, Mohamed al-Emadi was to travel to Israel to brief Israeli leaders on Hamas's response.
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According to sources close to Mohammed el-Emadi, he provided $ 30 million in aid to this Palestinian territory of two million inhabitants, half of whom live below the poverty line. The visit came against the backdrop of Hamas' increasing number of incendiary balloons and rocket attacks since August 6 in the direction of Israel while the IDF carries out retaliatory airstrikes almost every night in the country. Gaza strip. In response to the incendiary balloons, which set off more than 400 fires in Israel according to a compilation of the records of the fire department, the Jewish state also tightened its blockade of Gaza by closing the Kerem Shalom goods crossing point and halting fuel deliveries to this Palestinian territory, forcing the only power plant in the Gaza Strip to close.
Hamas informed the Qatari envoy that it is prepared to renounce attacks on Israel if its demands are accepted by Israel. According to sources close to the Islamist movement, these include the doubling of the number of work permits for Gazans in Israel, the extension of the industrial zone in the east of the territory, the resumption of the supply of electricity and the arrival of Qatari funds. In addition, local authorities fear a sudden increase in the number of Covid-19 cases after the discovery on Monday of contamination in a local refugee camp. Total containment of the population was imposed on Tuesday and extended Wednesday evening by the Minister of the Interior for another 72 hours, in order to stem the spread of the virus.
According to sources close to the Qatari delegation, the Israelis told envoy El-Emadi that they were prepared to resume deliveries of fuel to power the Gaza power plant and ease the blockade in exchange for a return to the calm and the end of the release of incendiary balloons. Hamas and Israel, which fought three wars (2008, 2012, 2014), reached a truce agreement last year, reached through the UN, Egypt and Qatar. The agreement provides for the granting of financial aid of 30 million dollars per month by Qatar, but also a series of economic measures - such as the extension of an industrial zone in Gaza and the granting of permits Israeli work for Gazans - to reduce poverty and stabilize this territory.