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“Kerry to Participate in Gaza Rebuilding Conference”
by Arutz Sheva   
October 7th, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry to take part in a conference on rebuilding Gaza, scheduled to be held in Cairo next week.
John Kerry
John Kerry
Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will take part in a conference on rebuilding Gaza following this past summer’s war with Israel earlier this year, a U.S. official said Monday, according to AFP.

Kerry "will be attending the conference" to be held in Cairo on October 12, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) unity government last week released a reconstruction plan for Gaza ahead of the donor conference, in which it called for international donors to fork over $4 billion to rebuild after the terror war launched by Hamas.

The 76-page report said $4 billion would be needed for the "direct costs" of rebuilding the terrorist enclave.

The priority will be to remove rubble and unexploded shells, while also repairing Gaza's power station and improving access to water, health care and education.

The PA’s demand came despite several reports that Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists have already started rebuilding terror tunnels used to attack Israel, which were built from materials brought in previously for supposed civilian needs.

Last month, the U.S. unveiled an additional $71 million in emergency aid to Gaza, highlighting that "more than 580,000 people are still sheltering in United Nations facilities."

It brought the U.S. total funding since the start of the war to more than $118 million.

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