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Gaza, 30 Jumadil Akhir 1436/19 April 2015 (MINA) – Turkey will grant $200 million for reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and Palestine’s sustainable development in the span of two years, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
According to the Foreign Ministry statement, Turkey will donate $200 million as part of its pledge made at Cairo Conference on Palestine for “reconstructing Gaza,” which was held in October 2014, World Bulletin quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
The assistance will be provided in among other, for health and education services as well as regeneration of destroyed housing and will be launched in soon, the statement also said.
According to U.N., at least 2,000 Palestinians – mostly civilians – were killed and other 11,000 were wounded in the latest attacks in Gaza in 2014; some 100,000 people remain homeless. (T/P011/R03)
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