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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, August 5, 2014

PA say Gaza donors to meet in September

5 August 2014, 2:16 pm

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Mohammed Mustafa, the West Bank-based deputy prime minister of the technocrat government, tells The Associated Press that efforts are under way to arrange a pledging conference of donor countries in Norway at the beginning of September in order to rebuild the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian youth carries damaged copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, found in the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque, destroyed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Israel said it hit five mosques in which rockets were hidden. (Photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis) — A Palestinian youth carries damaged copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, found in the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque, destroyed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Israel said it hit five mosques in which rockets were hidden. (Photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

One of the Palestinian ceasefire demands calls for internationally funded reconstruction that would be overseen by an Abbas-led government that was formed in a unity deal with Hamas before the war.

International Mideast envoy Tony Blair is part of efforts to arrange that gathering in Norway, Blair’s office says.

— AP

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