Israel will work to facilitate the arrival of the Qatari grant to the Gaza Strip, announced Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Gantz said Israel would facilitate humanitarian aid funded by Qatar and others to the people of Gaza as long as it will “reach the right places.”
Earlier, an Israeli official announced that significant progress had been made in finding a mechanism to deliver the Qatari grant to needy families in Gaza through the United Nations.
Sources noted that Israel and the UN reached an agreement on delivering $100 to needy families, given that it does not include Hamas employees.
The Israeli official confirmed that the money would arrive soon, but there is no agreement on the salaries of government employees.
Qatar agreed to provide the Strip with $30 million a month, $100 to be paid to about 100,000 families, in addition to the salaries of government employees.
The grant contributed to putting an end to the marches on the Strip border before Israel stopped transferring these funds since the 11-day war last May.
Tel Aviv stipulated that the funds should be transferred through the Palestinian Authority or the United Nations and not through bags as was the case.
This week, the Palestinian factions gradually escalated by starting marches on the borders, noting that they will resume the launching of incendiary balloons and the activation of night confusion units.
The situation became more complicated when the factions fired rockets from the Gaza Strip after Israel killed four Palestinians in Jenin.
Hamas asserted, via Egypt, that it did not launch the rocket, but the Israeli Prime Minister Bennett insisted that Hamas would be responsible in the end.
“We will act at the time, place, and in conditions that suit us, and not anyone else,” Bennett said.
“As far as we’re concerned, Hamas is to blame, not rebels or anyone else but Hamas,” he asserted
“Our mission is to bring long-term security to the residents of the South and the Gaza envelope,” the prime minister stated.
