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GAZA, Oct 27 (KUNA) -- The final installment of a Kuwaiti grant worth USD two million to aid reconstruction efforts in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has been received, the Palestinian Authority said on Sunday.
Kuwait has transferred a sum of USD 770,000 allocated for agriculture projects in Gaza, where acres of arable land were "eroded due to the 2014 Gaza War," said Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohammad Zyara.
Some 817 people have been the beneficiaries of the latest Kuwaiti grant, added the minister, thanking the Kuwaiti government for the overwhelming support.
The Palestinian Authority had previously received Kuwaiti aid worth USD 260,000 to repair Gaza's dilapidated infrastructure, he revealed.
Israeli forces waged a wide-scale war on the Gaza Strip in July 2014, killing at least 1,935 Palestinians and injuring over 10,000 others, leaving large swathes of Gaza's infrastructure in ruin. (end)
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