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Qatar says $360 million earmarked for aid to Gaza this year
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleQatari envoy to the Gaza Strip Mohammad al-Emadi says Doha has renewed its yearly aid to the coastal enclave.
Qatar will send $360 million in aid to the Gaza Strip, the same as last year, al-Emadi tells local Palestinian news site Sawa.
The majority is disbursed to poor Gazan families in monthly stipends of $100 through a mechanism supervised by Israel and the United Nations to prevent the funds from going to Hamas.
Al-Emadi also says Israel has told the Qatari side that the number of permits for Gazans to work in Israel will gradually rise to 30,000.
Poverty is rampant in Gaza, which is tightly blockaded by both Israel and Egypt in an attempt to contain Hamas.
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