REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Muslims have provided 14 thousand liters of diesel oil for Palestinians in Gaza through a diesel oil aid and distribution program for running generators in the city's mosques during power outages.
According to a statement from the Ad Interim Charge d'Affaires of the Indonesian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Nico Adam, received by Antara here on Tuesday, the program was initiated by an Indonesian activist Abdillah Onim who had settled in the Gaza Strip.
Adam explained that the 14 thousand liters of diesel oil is a form of donation from Indonesian Muslims to be distributed in the last 10 days of the month of Ramadhan to about 140 mosques, in which each receives 100 liters.
The aid is expected to reduce the sufferings of Palestinian Muslims, so that they can conduct their daily worship activities during the Ramadhan smoothly.
According to Adam, for over a decade, Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip have been leading a difficult life, as poverty and unemployment rates are on the rise, and fuel is increasingly scarce.
On June 11, 2017, the Israeli Cabinet had decided to reduce the amount of electricity supply to Gaza after the Palestinian Authority stopped the payment of Gaza's electricity bill.
Israel has been charging $12 million to the Palestinian Authority for electricity bills of the Gaza Strip.
However, last month, the Palestinian Authority had informed that they would only pay 70 percent of the bill.
The payment reduction will further exacerbate the energy crisis in Gaza, as the area receives only three to four hours of electricity per day for about two million people.
During the holy month of Ramadan, Onim and his team in Gaza have undertaken several social activities, such as distributing fasting food packages to the needy Palestinian families, distributing medicines and food to hospitals and health centers in the area, and opening an Indonesian market in Gaza.
Several religious leaders and mosque priests expressed their gratitude to the people of Indonesia who have always provided humanitarian aid to reduce the sufferings of the Palestinian people, especially those living in Gaza Strip.
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