DOHA, Qatar, May 8 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar on Tuesday, allocated the sum of 480 million U.S. dollars for the Palestinian people, in a bid to alleviate their suffering and lack of proper services.
Qatar offered 300 million U.S. dollars in grants and loans, to support the health and education budget of the Palestinian National Authority, the Qatari foreign ministry said.
Qatar also earmarked the sum of 180 million U.S. dollars, to provide urgent humanitarian relief support for the UN programmes in Palestine and support electricity services, it added.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in a release quoted by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, said, the Qatari grant would help ease the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas politburo, in a press release expressed gratitude for the Qatari Emir’s decision to allocate that sum for the support of the “Palestinian people’s steadfastness.”– NNN-QNA
