Qatar to rebuild Gaza houses destroyed in Israeli attacks: Hamas
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Qatar has pledged to rebuild all houses destroyed in Israel’s latest assault on the Gaza Strip, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has announced.
A statement from Haniyeh’s office said Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani informed him of the decision.
The leader of resistance group Hamas, which rules the blockaded Gaza Strip, expressed “his deep appreciation to the emir, government and people of Qatar,” the statement said.
This initiative adds to Qatar’s “honorable record in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, through the Qatari Reconstruction Committee headed by Ambassador Mohammed Al Emadi,” it added.
At least 18 residential units were destroyed, 71 severely damaged, and 1,675 partially damaged in three days of Israeli attacks last week, according to Naji Sarhan, undersecretary at Gaza’s Public Works and Housing Ministry.
Israel’s assault, which started on August 5, killed 49 people including 17 children, and injured 360 others, according to the Palestinian territory’s Health Ministry.
Fighting between Israeli forces and the Islamic Jihad group ended on August 8 with a cease-fire brokered by Egypt.
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