(VOVworld) – An international donor conference held on Sunday in Cairo raised 5.4 billion U.S. dollars for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

At the conference

Qatar alone pledged to donate one billion USD, while the US pledged 212 million. Meanwhile, the EU promised 568 million USD, and Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey promised to provide another 200 million. The conference’s joint statement highlighted the aim of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within 7 years and establish a Palestinian independent government based on the two-state solution. The total cost of reconstruction was estimated at 7.8 billion USD.