The head of the ruling military council has ordered the transfer of 20,000 tons of diesel oil to the Gaza Strip to help it generate electricity.
The oil will be transferred Thursday from the General Petroleum Authority’s stocks in the Suez seaport to the Ouga terminal connecting Egypt to Gaza, then to the strip.
Military head Hussein Tantawi also instructed the armed forces and police to protect the transfer, which he said would help end the electricity crisis and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. He mentioned that the authority has had difficulty providing vehicles to transfer the diesel oil in light of a local fuel shortage.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian government reiterated its support for Gaza, amid comments from critics that the state is trying to create divisions between its people and Palestinians.
