Hamas receives $30 million in aid from Qatar, a third of which will be distributed to 100,000 needy families.

Palestinian Arabs in Gaza on Saturday started receiving Qatari aid payments of $100, an AFP correspondent said.

The Hamas “communications ministry” had said on Friday that it had received $30 million in aid from Qatar.

A third of the amount would be distributed to 100,000 needy families, it added.

Hundreds of Palestinian Arabs queued up at post offices in Gaza on Saturday morning to receive the $100 allocated per family, an AFP correspondent said.

Israel has previously allowed several installments of $15 million in Qatari money to enter Gaza. Read more at Arutz-7