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<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=465540" target="_blank">MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 5 2012</a></strong></p>
<p>GAZA CITY (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Gaza&#8217;s energy authority on Monday announced an agreement with Egypt to import fuel via the Rafah crossing to ease the power crisis.</p>
<p>The Hamas-run authority said Egypt&#8217;s General Petroleum Authority would initially deliver diesel meant for cars through the terminal until industrial diesel could be transferred.</p>
<p>Pipes, pumps and tanks to receive the fuel will be prepared Tuesday morning, the Gaza authority said in a statement.</p>
<p>The announcement follows weeks of critical power shortages in the Gaza Strip. Since Egypt shut off fuel deliveries via underground tunnels in February, Gaza&#8217;s power plant has shut down twice and the 1.7 million residents of the coastal strip face up to 18-hour blackouts each day.</p>
<p>Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday blamed Cairo for the outages and said Egypt controlled the flow of fuel into the enclave.</p>
<p>Egypt had told Hamas that in future it should import its oil through legal channels &#8212; namely the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom border crossing.</p>
<p>But Haniyeh said he would not import fuel from Israel, which would be more expensive and vulnerable to Israeli sanctions.</p>
<p>&#8220;If someone fired a bullet three kilometers away from Kerem Shalom, the Israelis would close the crossing and prevent the entry of fuel,&#8221; Haniyeh said</p>
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