The European Commission on Friday announced a financial aid package of 118.4 million euros to support the Palestinian Authority, integrated into the annual allocation for Palestine in 2023, which has been revised upwards due to the war in Gaza.
In a statement, The community administration indicates that the funds will contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions for civil servants in the West Bank and social subsidies for vulnerable families through the cash transfer program in the West Bank and Gaza.
The amount should also be spent on paying for patient transfers to hospitals in East Jerusalem and for technical and administrative support to Palestinian Authority institutions.
The European Union (EU) is the largest donor of external aid to the Palestinians, with an amount of almost €1.2 billion in the period 2021-2024, of which €809.4 million has already been made available.
The government of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has been in power since 2007, announced this week that Israeli military operations have killed 20,000 people in the enclave and injured 52,600 since the war began on October 7. touched.
Israel declared war on Hamas in retaliation for the group’s October 7 attack on Israeli territory that left 1,139 dead, most of them civilians, according to the latest report from Israeli authorities.
About 250 people were also kidnapped that day and taken to Gaza, with 128 still in the hands of the Islamist movement, which is considered a terrorist organization by the EU, the United States and Israel.
Source: DN
