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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Truce owed to ‘resistance and sacrifices’ — Qatar
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleQatar, a key backer of Palestinian militant group Hamas, hailed the Gaza truce accord reached yesterday, saying it was reached “firstly [thanks] to the resistance and the sacrifices” of the Palestinians.
The gas-rich Gulf emirate also offers to help rebuild the enclave battered by seven weeks of Israeli bombardment. It says Qatar, which is home to Khaled Meshaal, the exiled chief of the Islamist movement Hamas, is “ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.”
— AFP
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