Sharm al-Sheikh (Egypt): World leaders gathered for a donors conference in this Egyptian resort city on Monday urged swift action to rebuild the battered Gaza Strip, and pledged billions of dollars in reconstruction aid.
By midday Monday, it appeared that the international donors would meet the request of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to supply the Gaza Strip with some $2.8 billion in aid.
Speaking at the conference, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal confirmed his country`s January pledge of one billion dollars to meet that goal.
Image: A Palestinian sits in the window of a bullet and shrapnel riddled house in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 2, 2009.
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