Hamas: If Israel allows $30 million from Qatar to enter the Gaza Strip, we might stop shooting rockets at Israel

Text posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

Posted text: “A Hamas leader: Israel prevented the entry of $30 million from Qatar to the Gaza Strip. If it is agreed to let it [the money] in, this may lead to a calming of the situation.”

May 2019 Gaza rocket attacks – The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in Gaza launched a rocket barrage on Israeli civilian population centers on May 4, 2019, firing more than 700 rockets and murdering 4 Israelis in the course of two days. Israel responded by striking terror targets; 23 Gazans, many of them terrorists, were killed during the exchange of fire. On May 6 a ceasefire agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas.