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Qatar donates $US 1.5 million to UNRWA’s aid program in Gaza

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The Qatar Charity announced on Wednesday that it has donated $US 1.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its food aid service in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a press statement sent to The New Arab, UNRWA said under this aid, some 90,300 food-insecure individuals living in the besieged Gaza Strip will be able to meet their basic food needs for three months. Since 2007, Palestinians in Gaza have been living under a suffocating Israeli blockade, which heavily impacted the economic situation and increased the rate of un…

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