Qatar signs contracts for 3 new projects in Gaza

Ambassador Mohamed Al-Emadi, Chairman of the Qatar’s National Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, signed on Tuesday, contracts for three new projects worth 5 million US dollars.

“Today we are signing new projects contracts at a cost of 5 million US dollars in Gaza, including the construction of the Hamad bin Jassim Centre for Daily Care,” Al-Emadi said at a ceremony organized by the committee in Gaza City.

The project of Hamad Bin Jassim Day Care is designed to treat Cerebral Palsy patients in Gaza including men, women and children. It is planned to be built on 4,000 square meters of land.

Al-Emadi added: “We also sign contracts for the project of furnishing the building of the Palace of Justice complex (Governmental) in the city of El-Zahra’a, central of Gaza Strip.”

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The five-million-US dollar grant includes, according to Al-Emadi, the project of “furnishing and supplying all necessary equipment and scientific laboratories for Al-Amal School in the Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani residential city in the southern of Gaza Strip.”

For nearly a decade, Qatar has been involved in funding projects to support the population of the Gaza Strip in various areas including education, health, infrastructure and agriculture.

The Qatari ambassador added: “These projects have been implemented through several grants for more than half a billion US dollars, especially the grant of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani for the reconstruction of Gaza for worth 407 million US dollars.”

He continued: “The Qatari projects in the Strip carried out by Palestinian hands; either through engineers, construction companies, consulting offices, or workers.

Doha has already provided several financial grants to finance the purchase of fuel for running the power station and to support the health sector in Gaza.