Qatar, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Gaza’s electrical company agreed on Sunday to advance a long-term project to supply Gaza’s power plant with Israeli gas, a statement said.
The statement, issued by Qatar’s envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammad al Emadi, stated that his country had signed a memorandum to invest $60 million to establish a pipeline to convey Israeli gas to Gaza’s power plant.
According to the statement, final agreement on the initiative – Gaza for Gaza– has not been reached and could still be months or years away.
The initiative, which was described by The Times of Israel as a complex diplomatic endeavour, involves Hamas, the PA, Qatar, Egypt and the European Union, among other players.