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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
PA Minister: Gaza reconstruction to begin in November - financial support for reconstruction has yet to arrive

Minister: Gaza reconstruction to begin in November
Published today (updated) 22/10/2014 14:24
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=734560

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Private companies will begin removing the rubble of
destroyed buildings in Gaza in November, a Palestinian minister said
Wednesday.

Mufid al-Hasayneh, minister of housing and public works, said that
reconstruction will start by the beginning next month, with companies
removing the masses of rubble left over from Israel's military offensive.

After the rubble is removed it will be taken to two sites; one in Gaza City
and one in Rafah. Work will begin in the next few days to prepare the sites.

The PA is due to sign an agreement with the United Nations Development
Program to distribute $10 million to families whose homes were partially
destroyed.

Each family will receive between $1,000-$2,000 to repair their houses.

The money will come from PA coffers, al-Hasayneh said, as financial support
for reconstruction has yet to arrive.

Donations include $1 billion from Qatar, $212 million from the United States
and 450 million euros from the EU.

The July-August Israeli operation in Gaza killed at least 2,100
Palestinians, and the UN said it made some 100,000 people homeless in the
long term.

The cost for full reconstruction of homes and infrastructure destroyed
during the war is estimated at $7.8 billion by the Ramallah-based
Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction.

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