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Palestinian motorists queue at a gas station while the city is experiencing a severe fuel shortage following the Israel Iran conflict, in Ramallah June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 30, 2026, 10:51 pm
West Bank fuel shortage strands Palestinians at pump with economy running on empty
Cash liquidity crunch and fiscal strains, some stemming from PA’s reliance on Israeli shekel, seen as driving petrol scarcity, leading to long gas lines and illicit ‘black gold’ sales
By Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative: A Lufthansa aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, April 28, 2026. (Michael Probst/AP)
April 29, 2026, 11:26 am
European airlines face biggest crisis since COVID as Iran war drives up fuel costs
Aviation experts warn European carriers may begin rationing jet fuel supplies during summer holiday season, after prices surged nearly 84 percent since start of war
By Joanna Plucinska and Alessandro Parodi
Illustrative: Traffic flows on a main road past electricity transmission towers in Tehran, December 16, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
January 10, 2025, 7:54 pm
Iran again closes schools, offices to conserve power amid shortages
Order affects third of Islamic Republic’s provinces, including Tehran; oil-rich country’s energy woes thought to stem in part from reported Israeli attack on gas pipe in February
By AFP and ToI Staff
A picture taken on November 1, 2023, shows oil tanks north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
August 22, 2024, 4:29 pm
Algeria ships 30,000 tons of fuel to power-starved Lebanon
Move comes after Lebanese power plants ground to a halt as fuel supplies dried up amid economic meltdown
By AFP and ToI Staff
A truck carrying fuel which crossed into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
November 17, 2023, 6:14 pm
In shift, Israel agrees to regularly let fuel into Gaza, drawing outrage in coalition
War cabinet consisting of Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz permits 2 trucks a day to enter, to maintain water and sewage, and preserve ‘diplomatic maneuvering room to eliminate Hamas’
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians collect boxes and and bags from a UN-run aid supply center, distributing food to local Palestinians and people displaced in Gaza, in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
October 28, 2023, 4:50 pm
Arab, Western officials agree Hamas is keeping Gaza food, fuel for itself – NY Times
Sources tell newspaper terror group has stocks that could last for months, as it prepares for lengthy fight ahead
By ToI Staff
Motorists wait in lines at a gas station amid a fuel shortage and rising prices in Paris on October 15, 2022. (Christophe ARCHAMBAULT/AFP)
October 16, 2022, 8:29 am
Paris girds for cost of living protests as fuel strike rages for third week
Police expect 30,000 people to attend rally on Sunday as French left-wing party deputy decries ‘greatest loss of purchasing power in 40 years’
By AFP
Illustrative -- In this photo released Feb. 17, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian naval vessel flying an Iranian flag participates in a joint naval exercise of the Russian navy, the Iranian navy and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy in the Indian Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
April 9, 2022, 12:34 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seize foreign fuel-smuggling boat, detain 11 crew members
IRGC seizes vessel with over 220,000 liters of smuggled fuel in Persian Gulf, Tehran says; incident comes amid a debate about removing group from US terror list
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese soldiers are seen at a gas station in the capital Beirut, on August 14, 2021, after soldiers were deployed to force several stations to reopen their doors. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
August 14, 2021, 8:47 pm
Lebanese army seizes hoarded fuel at gas stations amid financial crisis
Snatched resources distributed to desperate customers instead; leading hospital says it may have to close due to fuel shortages
By Bachir El Khoury
Illustrative -- In this photo released Feb. 17, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian naval vessel flying an Iranian flag participates in a joint naval exercise of the Russian navy, the Iranian navy and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy in the Indian Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
March 13, 2021, 11:23 am
Crowd attacks Iran coast guard station after patrol shoots dead fuel smuggler
Patrols open fire toward vessels smuggling fuel to neighboring countries; protesters attack station in southern Hormozgan province with several said injured
By AP
A group of forensic experts work at the site of a massive blaze triggered by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, Mexico on January 19, 2019. ( ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
January 20, 2019, 4:28 am
Death toll in Mexico pipeline blast rises to at least 73
Dozens more missing after geyser of gasoline explodes into deadly ball of flames in town north of Mexico City; disaster underlines country’s fuel-theft issue
By Mark Stevenson
Egyptian trucks carrying fuel enter Gaza's power plant in Nusseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
October 6, 2018, 12:02 pm
Qatar said providing fuel funds to Gaza via Israel, overriding PA objections
According to report in Lebanese daily, Jerusalem has also okayed entry permits for 5,000 Gazan merchants in effort to alleviate border tensions
By ToI Staff
A gas truck at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on August 6, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
October 4, 2018, 1:13 pm
Qatar to buy fuel for Gaza, doubling household access to electricity — report
UN envoy said to broker deal between Israeli and Gulf officials in bid to alleviate crippling power shortages in the Palestinian enclave
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian children do their homework by candlelight during a power outage in Gaza City on September 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
February 15, 2018, 3:22 pm
Gaza’s only power plant shuts down over fuel shortage
Fears grow that closure of plant, which normally provides around a fifth of Gaza’s electricity, will further worsen already critical humanitarian situation in enclave
By AFP
Senior political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, holds a press conference on April 18, 2017, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
April 18, 2017, 7:16 pm
Top Hamas leader says group not seeking war with Israel
Terror organization’s deputy head blames PA president for woes in the Strip, saying Abbas ‘alone is carrying out battle against Gaza’
By Dov Lieber
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