Qatar wants the US to provide assistance for a mechanism to transfer new funds to the Gaza Strip, announced Kan public broadcaster.
Kan reported that Qatar refuses to resume transferring funds to the Strip without a US greenlight.
Doha wants to discuss the establishment of a new mechanism during a four-way meeting with the United States, Israel, and the United Nations. No date has been set for such a meeting yet.
In the recent war on Gaza, Israeli officials said that Hamas used the Qatari money and accused Doha of losing control of it and abandoning the previous mechanism, which angered the latter.
The former Mossad chief, Yossi Cohen, said that it was a mistake to rely on Qatari money to bring calm to the Gaza Strip.
"Even in Fences Keeper operation, we hoped that Qatari participation and money would lead us to a settlement with Hamas, but things got a little out of control," announced Cohen.
Qatar's request for US role comes in light of a preliminary agreement with the United Nations to supervise the distribution of any funds entering the Gaza Strip.
The UN agreed to the proposal to take over disbursing the funds to families in the enclave through banks affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and not through the post or Hamas-affiliated banks.
The Israeli government will not allow Qatari or other funds to be transferred to the Gaza Strip in cash bags, as was the case under the tenure of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to Israeli estimates, the issue of the Qatari money is expected to be resolved within two weeks at most. However, a solution to the salaries of Hamas employees in the Gaza Strip does not seem imminent.
Kan said that the new Israeli government is keen to expand the list of donor countries. Among the countries contacted were Germany and a second European state, which remains unnamed, to provide funds to residents of the Gaza Strip only, without any connection to Hamas.
