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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Gaza suffers gas shortage after pump breaks at crossing

Ma’an– The Gaza Strip has been suffering from shortages of domestic-use gas for three days due to a technical fault in the gas pump at the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Mahmoud Ash-Shawwa, head of the association of gas station owners, said Wednesday that “the infrastructure at Kerem Shalom crossing is inappropriate. There is only one gas pump and it has been broken for three days. Gas has been pumped from the Israeli tankers immediately.”

He explained that six to seven trucks bring 120-140 tons of domestic-use gas into Gaza every day, less than half the amount needed for the enclave's 1.6 million residents.

Ash-Shawwa is visiting Ramallah in the West Bank. He said the Palestinian petrol association, the Palestinian cabinet and prime minister’s office have been updated and they pledged to install more pumps at the crossing.

“Domestic gas stations have no storage at all because they distribute all the gas they receive immediately,” added Ash-Shawwa.

He says European donors are considering a project to install gas and fuel depositories at the Kerem Shalom crossing in order to help provide the Gaza Strip with enough fuel and domestic-use gas.
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