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Why is Qatar helping Hamas in Gaza?

The Palestinian Authority believes the Qatari aid to the Gaza Strip serves the interests of the US and Israel, which plan to announce the "deal of the century" that aims at separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank.

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A Palestinian man and his son hold a Qatari flag during a rally in support of Qatar, inside Qatari-funded construction project Hamad City, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 9, 2017. — REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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