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EU donors offer $1 bn to help Gaza

Published: 04:07 PM,Jul 13,2026 | EDITED : 08:07 PM,Jul 13,2026

People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings following an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026. Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed five people and injured several others on July 12. A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, but it has not halted violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end the war have stalled.
 
People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings following an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026. Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed five people and injured several others on July 12. A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, but it has not halted violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end the war have stalled.

BRUSSELS: The EU said on Monday that European donors had put some $1 billion on the table to help initial recovery efforts in war-torn Gaza.
'We will present the initial package today of almost 900 million euros or one billion dollars,' Dubravka Suica, EU commissioner for the Mediterranean, said ahead of a donor meeting in Brussels. 'We now need the conditions on the ground that will allow the support to reach the people in Gaza.'
The funds — which officials said include money already pledged to help Gaza — would be used to clear debris left from Israel's devastating military offensive and rebuild basic services such as water and sanitation. 'The governments of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, together with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank, are participating,' Brussels said.
The EU said Suica had on a recent visit to Israel 'reached agreement with the Israeli authorities on next steps for the implementation of two major projects in the areas of waste and water management in Gaza'. — AFP