(19.Juni) Kuperwasser told NPR that letting Qatar help Hamas will be beneficial for Israel in the long run. “We believe that better conditions in Gaza would lessen the incentive of Hamas and the population to go again to a war, so in a way, it is helping the deterrence,” he said.

He also mentioned that Qatar was the only country willing to help — despite a pledge of over $US5 billion in aid for rebuilding the Strip in 2014 after the war.