Muscat/channel/Hyderabad, Oct 18 (Hydnow) The Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday announced $ 100 million in emergency aid for the Gaza Strip, as Israel bombards targets in the enclave during its war against Hamas militants.
After an extraordinary meeting in Muscat, the bloc’s foreign ministers pledged “an urgent humanitarian relief operation” with “relief aid worth $100 million”.
The top diplomats of the six GCC countries – Bahrain, K7uwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – met as at least 200 people were killed in strikes on a Gaza hospital compound sheltering displaced people, said Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. (Hydnow)
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