BICOM
15th February 2021
What happened: The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi, yesterday announced a plan to supply natural gas from Israel’s off-shore reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean to the power station in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Qatari envoy, there are two contracts: The first one is between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli gas company Delek for the purchase of the natural gas; the second contract relates to the installation of the pipelines.
Al-Emadi told Arab media: “An agreement has been reached with Europe to allocate $5 million dollars for the assembly of gas pipelines from the border to the power station, while Qatar will install pipes on the Israeli side.”