Manama: Qatar has announced plans to build a hospital in Palestine in order to treat people injured in mine blasts.
The project will be implemented in collaboration with the medical and humanitarian aid department of the Arab League.
Qatar will bear the cost of construction of the hospital and also provide medical equipment. The Arab League secretary general has donated $50,000 (Dh183,660) to support the project, Qatari daily The Peninsula reported.
Qatar has also taken the initiative to hold a meeting in Cairo next week on the plight of the Palestinians affected by land mines laid by Israel.
