CAIRO (Reuters) – The Qatar Red Crescent Society and the U.N. Palestinian Authority (UNRWA) on Sunday signed an agreement with $4.5 million from the Qatar State Development Fund to help more than 4,400 Palestinian workers and patients from Gaza in the West Bank. signed. .
Qatar’s state news agency said in a statement: “(The) monetary aid will provide vital support for displaced people who have been unable to return to the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel’s aggression on the Gaza Strip in October last year.”
“Thousands of Palestinian refugees from Gaza are trapped in the West Bank, deprived of loved ones and livelihoods in this crisis,” said UNRWA High Commissioner Philip Lazzarini.
Since Israel’s blockade of Gaza began in 2007, movement in and out of the Strip has been severely restricted, forcing individuals to seek medical care, education or work in the West Bank, while increased violence often closes the borders, trapping those in dire need. services.
