Civil servants in Gaza received their salaries on Friday after Qatar transferred more than €13 million in cash with Israel’s blessing. In addition to paying civil servants, Hamas is also handing out money to some 50,000 needy families. Qatari envoy Mohammed al-Emadi entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday night to supervise the distribution of the cash and met Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. Despite the relative calm over the last few weeks, UN envoy Mr Mladenov warned that the risk of another war in Gaza is ever present. This is the case, he said, even though, “from a strategic perspective, no one has an interest in another war in Gaza”.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 18:22 UTC