Qatar eases salary crisis for Gaza’s civil servants

Qatar has increased its aid package to the besieged enclave and getting involved in the file of the Palestinian prisoners detained in Saudi Arabia.
A Palestinian government employee receives a portion her his overdue salary at a post office in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 8, 2018, after the Hamas-run finance ministry had announced that the money would be distributed over the two days, with employees receiving 50 percent of their salaries. - Employees of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip began collecting their salaries for a second month on December 7, after Qatar pumped more money into the territory with Israel's blessings. The
A Palestinian government employee receives a portion of her overdue salary at a post office in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 8, 2018. - Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Qatar's Ambassador to the Palestinian territories Mohammed al-Emadi revealed in a press statement Feb. 14 that Qatar has agreed to increase its contribution to the salaries of the Hamas-appointed government employees in the Gaza Strip from $7 million to $10 million a month.

The contribution is part of the $360 million grant to the Gaza Strip announced by Qatar Jan. 31, only two weeks following a presidential decree to hold Palestinian legislative and presidential elections, as well as to vote for the Palestinian National Council.

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