LONDON: The UK on Monday said it would provide £10 million ($13.4 million) in funding to support early recovery efforts in the Gaza Strip, as it called for faster international action on a 20-point peace plan for the region.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the money would go to the UN Horizon Fund to back a Palestinian-led, UN-coordinated recovery effort with a focus on water and sanitation, healthcare, education, housing, debris clearance and reducing the risk from unexploded devices.
The UK will also join the EU-led Team Gaza Initiative, a coalition aimed at mobilizing political support, financing and practical assistance for Gaza’s recovery.
That initiative is expected to support a package worth €750 million ($854 million).
Speaking at the Palestine Donor Group in Brussels, Cooper said that while the scale of destruction was “devastating,” the “pace of support, despite all the promises made in the peace plan, is still shockingly slow.”
