it was qatari money that was passed to hamas through israel in suitcases (this is after PA stopped paying salaries in gaza after hamas takeover). not the other way around
Until 2014, then they stopped (they wanted to align with the West). In 2018, according to several new sources, including right wing Israeli news, Netanyahou and Steve Mnuchin sent letters to Doha to implore Qatar to send fund to the Gaza strip. At that time, the Gaza population was fed up and hungry, and an uprising against Hamas was likely.
The official justification was that an uprising would have had costs for israeli companies who use Gazaoui labor, but i bet keeping the Hamas freaks as opponents was also in the balance.
