Qatar has stopped its support for a Gaza educational institution affiliated to the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Doha had ceased its aid to Dar al-Arqam school over four months ago for reason that are yet to be revealed.
Qatar has been gradually decreasing its support for the institution for less than a year and the aid came to a complete stop some four months ago.
Hamas and other concerned sides attempted to garner aid through other means, but from the same source, meaning Qatar, added the sources. These attempts, however, failed.
It revealed that the school was being supported by a Qatari institution that had ended all of its activities in Gaza at the end of August.
Dar al-Arqam provides an education to hundreds of students who are relatives of “Palestinian martyrs.”
Other sources explained that Qatar is concerned that its funding of the school could be linked to its support for terrorism.
