Donors pledge over $2 bn for Gaza at Kuwait conference
Kuwait City, Kuwait – AFP
A conference of international donors in Kuwait on Sunday pledged over $2 billion to aid the people of Gaza devastated by Israel’s attacks for more than seven months.
The conference, organised by the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) and the UN’s humanitarian coordination agency OCHA, said the funds would be dispersed over two years, with the possibility of extension, in efforts to support life-saving humanitarian interventions in the Palestinian territory.