GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Many gas stations have recently opened in the Gaza Strip with local investors increasingly interested in this business, amid the worsening industrial, trade and development sectors that have resulted from the ongoing Israeli blockade and recurring wars.
Mahmoud al-Shawa, the chairman of Gaza's Petroleum and Gas Station Owners Association, told Al-Monitor there are 40 gas stations in Gaza City, out of a total of 300 throughout Gaza. There were 19 in Gaza City prior to May 2014.