Cooking gas crisis still in place in Gaza Strip while a solution before the start of Muslim's fasting month of Ramadan doesn't loom.
"The cooking gas which is obtained in Gaza only meets the needs of 40 percent of the people," said Mahmoud al-Shawa, director of Gas Stations Owners Union.
Al-Shawa said his union, in cooperation with the petrol stations, "try to draw up solutions to arrange and manage the crisis to ease it during Ramadan."
The need for the cooking gas increase in the holy month, which starts in early September, as all the people prepare their food at sunset after nearly 14 hours of fasting.
The crisis widened when Israel reduced diesel and gasoline into Gaza last September. Many cars switched their engines to run on the cooking gas instead of the gasoline.
The fuel reductions were meant to put pressure on Hamas, which took control of Gaza in June 2007, to halt rocket attacks against Israeli communities near Gaza.
Two months ago, Egypt brokered a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel to end the violence and ease the sanctions. Despite the relative calmness, Israel doesn't increase the fuel shipments.
Source: Xinhua
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