The Algemeiner reports: JNS.org – The United Nations has provided the Gaza Strip with some $2.5 million in humanitarian aid to assist with relieving an ongoing electricity shortage.
The aid comes during the current crisis in Gaza, precipitated by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) June decision to pay only 60 percent of the coastal territory’s monthly electricity bill, amidst an ongoing feud with Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza. The PA’s move aims to pressure the Palestinian terror group to relinquish some of its control of Gaza. The cut in electricity leaves 2 million residents of Gaza with two to three hours of electrical power per day.
The aid money came from Turkey and several European countries that contributed to the Humanitarian Fund run by the Office for Humanitarian Affairs in the disputed territories.
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