1 Energy Minister Gonen Segev said Sunday he was investigating ways to resume oil transport to Gaza, suspended after Palestinian gunmen attacked an Israeli tanker and killed a security guard last week.
2 The gas resources of the autonomous Gaza Strip have been depleted by the closure clamped on it, along with the West Bank, after a suicide bombing attack in central Israel that killed 21 Israelis three weeks ago.
3 Palestinian officials said Sunday that they had only enough benzene to last two days.
4 The Israeli oil tanker entered Gaza on Feb. 6 as part of a government decision to ease the closure. After the attack, restrictions were reimposed.
5 'We have a little gas,' said Palestinian Economics Minister Ahmed Qurei. 'We will import from abroad, from Jordan and Egypt. We don't need the Israeli gasoline.'
6 But Segev said imports from Jordan and Egypt were not an immediate solution.
7 Jordan would have to import through Israel, creating more security problems, and a special terminal would have to be set up between Gaza and Egypt before gas tanks could pass, Segev said.
8 Segev proposed instead that Israeli tankers transfer their load to Palestinian tractor-trailers at the Erez crossing point.
9 'This is the simplest procedure,' he said on Israel Radio. 'The supply will still be low but it is better than today's situation where . in two day's time will not be able to warm homes, run factories or fill gas tanks.'
10 Segev plans to visit Erez border crossing Monday.

Energy Minister Gonen Segev said Sunday he was investigating ways to resume oil transport to Gaza , suspended after Palestinian gunmen attacked an Israeli tanker and killed a security guard last week .
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