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TOPSHOT - A Palestinian youth looks for salvageable items amid the rubbe of the Kuhail building which was destroyed in an early morning Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on May 18, 2021. The building had a printshop and university accessories and books storage facility for educational institutes in Gaza as well as a mosque. - The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting today amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians Image Credit: AFP
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Dubai: Qatar on Wednesday pledged $500 million to support reconstruction in the Gaza Strip after an 11-day large-scale Israeli offensive.

The announcement was made by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, on his twitter account.

The pledge is on the orders of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to help rebuilding Gaza following a ceasefire that ended a war between Israel and Palestinians.

“We will continue to support our brethren in Palestine in order to reach a just and lasting solution by establishing their independent state,” the Foreign Minister said in a Twitter post.