Qatar delegations arrive in Gaza to inaugurate new projects

One of the delegations with the ambassador is made up of specialists in cochlear implants.

Image of Qatari delegations in Gaza to launch a number of projects [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]

The Head of the Qatari Committee for Rebuilding Gaza, Ambassador Mohamed Al-Emadi, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday accompanied by several delegations to inaugurate new projects, Quds Press has reported.

Apart from touring Qatar-funded projects in Gaza — including residential buildings and healthcare facilities — the delegations will also take part in inaugural events for some of the projects. Notable amongst them will be the handing over of an apartment block in the south of the Gaza Strip and the opening of the audiology department in Shaikh Hamad Hospital in the north of the enclave. In addition, the groups will lay the foundation stone of a new emergency healthcare centre.

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One of the delegations with the ambassador is made up of specialists in cochlear implants. Operations on 22 deaf children are planned. Local doctors will receive training on such operations during the Qataris’ stay in Gaza, which is expected to last for a week.

Qatar has been carrying out the second stage of its projects announced in the wake of Israel’s 2014 military offensive on Gaza.

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