Israel is considering a plan, proposed by Qatar, to supply the energy-strapped Gaza Strip with natural gas. The plan would see Israel laying a new pipeline from Ashdod, where gas from the offshore Tamar field enters the country, to the lone power station in the Gaza Strip, located only a handful of kilometers to the south. The Gaza station, which currently can supply Gazans with electricity for only eight hours each day, would be converted to work with the natural gas, expanding its output dramatically. The plan was proposed by Muhammad al-Ahmadi, head of Qatar’s committee for rehabilitating Gaza.