Gaza reconstruction

A general view of the only electrical plant that generates electricity in the central Gaza Strip, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

January 22, 2022, 1:48 pm

Qatar signs financial deal to ensure natural gas supply to Gaza power plant

Weeks after pledging cash to build pipeline connecting Israeli gas facilities with Strip’s only electrical plant, Doha agrees to set up escrow account with electricity company

By ToI Staff

A photo taken on June 24, 2019 shows raw sewage flowing near the main Gaza Strip power plant, serving the Hamas-run Palestinian territory, south of Gaza City. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

December 27, 2021, 12:43 am

Qatar, PA advance deal to supply Gaza power plant with Israeli natural gas

Qatari envoy pledges $60 million to build pipeline connecting Israeli gas facilities with Gaza’s only electrical plant; but final deal and implementation could still be years away

By ToI Staff

A general view of Gaza City is seen December 12, 2021. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

December 26, 2021, 6:58 am

Israel said planning to ease restrictions on Gaza, pressuring Hamas to keep the calm

Report says Jerusalem believes Strip’s economic deterioration must be stopped even without deal to free Israeli captives; could increase work permits, allow some dual-use materials

By Michael Bachner

A crane is used to deploy stilts for the construction of a new pier and restaurant building along the Mediterranean seashore in Gaza City on October 27, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

November 21, 2021, 12:29 pm

Egypt makes ‘unexpected, unimaginable’ Gaza comeback with postwar reconstruction

Cairo emerges as a key benefactor in aftermath of the last bout of fighting between Hamas and Israel, challenging Qatar’s efforts to become the prime donor to the Strip

By Agencies

Palestinian men gather to apply for work permits in Israel, at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 6, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

October 20, 2021, 5:34 pm

Israel authorizes 3,000 additional entry permits for Gaza workers

Expanded quota brings total of recently announced permits to 10,000; Israel’s liaison to Palestinians says measure dependent on preservation of long-term stability

By Aaron Boxerman

A Palestinian national flag is erected on the Israel-Gaza border, east of Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)

October 9, 2021, 5:27 pm

In ceasefire talks, Hamas said demanding free movement on Gaza border

Lebanese TV channel cites sources in the terror group claiming it also wants IDF to stop all border incursions

By ToI Staff

File: A view of Gaza City's Al-Hassayna Mosque at night, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

September 17, 2021, 9:32 am

Palestinian official praises Lapid’s ‘new vision’ for Gaza

FM’s plan unveiled this week, which would give the Palestinian Authority some powers in Strip, is ‘the new Oslo [Accords],’ says PA source

By Dana Ben-Shimon

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (Composite/AP)

September 1, 2021, 11:53 pm

Bennett and Egypt’s Sissi to meet publicly in Sinai soon — report

Israel continues easing restrictions over Gaza as Egypt hopes to see significant progress toward ceasefire, prisoner swap against backdrop of rare sit-down between leaders

By ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right) meets with Abbas Kamel, director of Egypt's General Intelligence Directorate, in Jerusalem on August 19, 2021. (Foreign Ministry)

August 19, 2021, 4:14 pm

Lapid to Egyptian spy chief: Israel won’t tolerate Gaza rocket fire

Ahead of anticipated trip by Bennett to Cairo, foreign minister and Egypt intelligence official discuss ways to expand bilateral ties

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) meets with Abbas Kamel, the director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, in Jerusalem on August 18, 2021. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

August 18, 2021, 4:50 pm

Bennett meets Egyptian spy chief on Gaza, is invited to visit Cairo within weeks

Trip would be the first by an Israeli PM in a decade; summit with Abbas Kamel not connected to Qatari funds, officials say, amid reports of looming deal with Hamas

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)

August 9, 2021, 6:04 am

Incoming, outgoing national security advisers meet Egyptian intel chief in Cairo

Eyal Hulata and Meir Ben-Shabbat reportedly sit down with Abbas Kamel to discuss maintaining Gaza ceasefire brokered more than two months ago by Egypt

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian woman as she waits to cross the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, April 23, 2021. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

August 3, 2021, 11:19 am

Israel seeking to bolster PA, says senior official ahead of Bennett’s US visit

Defense Ministry holding off on settlement building approvals but will okay plans when timing is right, giving preference to projects in so-called blocs, says Israeli official

By Jacob Magid

Leah, right, and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body was kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attend a press conference in Ramat Gan, April 25, 2018. (Flash90)

July 15, 2021, 5:43 pm

Bennett meets with family of fallen IDF soldier held by Hamas

PM tells Hadar Goldin’s parents ‘my door is always open to you,’ amid reports of possible prisoner exchange deal with Gaza-ruling terror group

By ToI Staff

Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza, gestures during a rally in Beit Lahiya on May 30, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/ Flash90)

July 13, 2021, 2:53 pm

Egypt expresses growing optimism on Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange — report

According to Lebanese media, a possible first stage of the deal could see Hamas provide information on captives, bodies to Israel in exchange for the release of some prisoners

By ToI Staff

US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israel and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, on May 14, 2021. (US Embassy Palestinian Affairs Unit/Twitter)

July 10, 2021, 1:23 am

Biden’s point man on Israeli-Palestinian conflict said due in Israel, West Bank

Hady Amr to make 1st visit since new gov’t formed in Jerusalem; is expected to discuss Gaza reconstruction, voice opposition to Israeli home demolitions, PA killing of activist

By Jacob Magid