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Gaza officials warn virus threatens to spiral out of control

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Published: 1 September 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Meanwhile, Arab paper reports Israel is willing to allow fuel into the coastal enclave and transfer financial aid from Qatar if Hamas agrees to halt the incendiary balloon attacks

Gaza officials warn that coronavirus crisis threatens to spiral out of control (Haaretz)
A spokesman for the Gaza Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the lockdown would be extended for another 48 hours after the number of infected people has risen to 182

As Gaza fears virus outbreak, Israel said to offer aid — if all attacks halted (Times of Israel)
Gaza has 146 COVID cases; incendiary balloons launched from Hamas-run territory cause 24 fires in southern Israel Friday

Report: Israel, Hamas reach breakthrough amid Gaza tensions (Ynet)
Al Ayyam newspaper reports that Israel is willing to allow fuel into the coastal enclave and transfer US$30million in financial aid from Qatar if the terror group agrees to halt the incendiary balloon attacks, which cause dozens of fires daily

Mladenov: Gaza escalation imminent, rockets must stop, fuel must go in (Jerusalem Post)
Israel has cut the fuel supply to Gaza following a number of attacks against Israel by militants, leaving residents largely without electricity

Photo: UN workers hand out medicine to a Palestinian man, Gaza City August 27 (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)
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