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PA Blocks Qatari Fuel Aid for Gaza
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Palestinian sources said Thursday that threats made by the Palestinian Authority have delayed the planned transfer of emergency Qatari-funded fuel to Gaza. According to a Palestinian report, Qatar had agreed to pay $60 million for fuel for Gaza's sole power plant for six months to enable Gazans to enjoy eight hours of electricity every day instead of four. The diesel fuel, to be provided by an Israeli company, was supposed to enter Gaza on Thursday. However, according to Palestinian sources in Gaza, the PA contacted the company and threatened to stop all purchases from it in the West Bank if it transferred the fuel to Gaza. PA officials also called UN employees in Gaza who were to physically transfer the fuel and threatened that they would pay a "heavy price" if they showed up to work.