PALESTINIANS TAKE part in a rally in support of Qatar, inside Qatari-funded construction project ‘Hamad City’, in the southern Gaza Strip, in June. (photo credit: REUTERS)
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Qatari envoy Mohammed El-Amadi and U.N officials have resumed their efforts to solve the crisis surrounding the payment of the third Qatari grant to the Gaza Strip.
The Qatari envoy and a U.N. envoy were scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip in the coming hours for talks with Hamas leaders on ways of solving the crisis after Israel’s decision to hold back the payment of the Qatari grant, which was scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday.
The decision to hold back the payment came after an IDF officer was lightly wounded in a shooting attack near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
El-Amadi was in Jerusalem on Wednesday, one of his assistants told The Jerusalem Post. He refused to provide further details.
Meanwhile, Palestinian employees in the Gaza Strip were requested to head to the post offices and two bank branches on Wednesday in order to receive payment for their September 2018 salaries.
The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Finance said in a statement that the employees will receive 40% of their September 2018 salaries – a minimum of 1200 shekels for each one. It called on the beneficiaries of the Qatari grant to head to post offices on Wednesday evening, and to the branches of two banks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
The third payment of the Qatari grant – $15 million – was originally supposed to be delivered to the Gaza Strip three weeks ago. However, the payment was delayed due to ongoing tensions along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
Earlier, the ministry said that if the third Qatari grant arrives in the Gaza Strip, the employees will receive a payment of 60% of their salaries for September 2018.
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