Impoverished Gazans to receive new Qatar aid soon: official

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Al-Araby

Impoverished families in Palestine’s besieged Gaza Strip will begin receiving the latest round of Qatari monetary grants on Sunday. Qatar’s Gaza Reconstruction Committee (GRC) chief Mohammed Al-Emadi, Doha’s ambassador to the enclave, revealed the GRC will work with the Qatar Fund for Development on giving out December’s aid. Around 95,000 families will be given $100 each, Al-Emadi explained. The funds will be given out by the United Nations and more than 300 UN-selected shops and commercial centres, the GRC said on Thursday. Gaza has been under a crushing Israeli siege since 2007, when Hamas …

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