Qatar, a key backer of Palestinian militant group Hamas, hailed the Gaza ceasefire accord and offered to help rebuild the enclave battered by seven weeks of Israeli bombardment.
The accord for a long-term ceasefire which came into effect yesterday was thanks 'firstly to the resistance and the sacrifices' of the Palestinians, the gas-rich Gulf emirate said in a statement.
It said Qatar, which is home to Khaled Meshaal, the exiled chief of the Islamist movement Hamas, was 'ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as soon as possible'.
The Egyptian-mediated deal ending a war which wreaked widespread destruction in Gaza calls for an easing of Israel's eight-year blockade of the impoverished coastal strip, a key Palestinian demand in truce talks.
The accord for a long-term ceasefire which came into effect yesterday was thanks 'firstly to the resistance and the sacrifices' of the Palestinians, the gas-rich Gulf emirate said in a statement.
It said Qatar, which is home to Khaled Meshaal, the exiled chief of the Islamist movement Hamas, was 'ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as soon as possible'.
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The Egyptian-mediated deal ending a war which wreaked widespread destruction in Gaza calls for an easing of Israel's eight-year blockade of the impoverished coastal strip, a key Palestinian demand in truce talks.
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