CAIRO, May 19 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, pledged yesterday, 500 million U.S. dollars, for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
“Due to the latest developments in Gaza Strip, Egypt will allocate 500 million dollars for the reconstruction of the Palestinian coastal enclave,” the Egyptian Presidency posted, on its Facebook page.
Egyptian specialised companies will participate in the reconstruction work, it added.
The initiative was announced by Sisi, in a meeting with his French and Jordanian counterparts in Paris, for finding a possible path to the discussions between Israel and the Palestinians.
Meanwhile, Egypt’s Minister of Health, Hala Zayed said, Egypt has sent 65 tonnes of medicine and medical services to Palestine, to support the wounded people in Gaza.
“Three hospitals have been prepared in North Sinai, to receive the Palestinians wounded in the ongoing clashes, who arrive via the Rafah border crossing,” Zayed said.
Egyptian authorities on Sunday opened the Rafah border crossing, the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
Tensions started in Jerusalem last month, and further escalated on May 10, when hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound.
The health authority in Gaza said, since the start of the military confrontation, 213 Palestinians have been killed, 61 of them children.– NNN-MENA
