JAPAN TO EXTEND UP TO $10 MILLION TO AID BOMB-TORN GAZA

Japan will offer emergency aid of up to $10 million in food and medical care for Palestinians in Gaza following heavy Israeli bombing, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.

“The clash has caused a great deal of damage and we will address a variety of needs for support,” Motegi told reporters, adding Japan will try to help resolve the dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians and reconstruct the bomb-torn areas.

Motegi had telephone talks with the foreign ministers of both sides earlier this week, offering assistance to Gaza and also requesting them to continue a ceasefire.

The United Nations is calling on the international community to extend a total of $95 million to help reconstruct Gaza.—KYODO NEWS

Source: National News Agency