Japan provides $10 million in prompt assistance to Gaza
RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 27, 2021 (WAFA) – Japan today announced the provision of $10 million in prompt assistance to address Gaza’s urgent needs following the recent Israeli onslaught.
In a telephone call with Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Riyad al-Malki, Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Motegi Toshimitsu, stated that his country was providing USD $10 million to help the war-torn coastal enclave address its urgent needs arising from the recent Israeli relentless bombardment, which killed 254 Palestinians and wounded some 1,950 others, and battle the Covid-19 outbreak.
According to a statement published by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Motegi “stated his determination to play an active role, including in addressing promptly the urgent need for assistance, as well as in assisting reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip” once the relevant arrangements are commenced through the Pal
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Secretary-General’s Remarks to the General Assembly Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East and Palestine [as delivered]
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The past ten days have witnessed a dangerous and horrific surge in deadly violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly Gaza, and in Israel.
I am deeply shocked by the continued air and artillery bombardment by the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza. As of 19 May, this had claimed the lives of at least 208 Palestinians, including 60 children, and injured thousands more.
The continued indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas and other militant groups towards population centres in Israel, resulting in at least 12 fatalities including two children, and hundreds of injuries, is also unacceptable.