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Gaza rebuilding conference secures $5.4 billion - Norway
Palestinian warms himself at the rubble of his house that witnesses said was destroyed in an Israel air strike during a week of fierce fighting in Gaza City November 25, 2012. Israel eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen on Saturday, further implementing a three-day-old truce brokered by Egypt after a week of fierce fighting, Palestinian officials said. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A conference in Cairo on rebuilding the Gaza Strip after it was devastated in a war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas secured $5.4 billion in assistance on Sunday, Norway's foreign minister said.
"The participants pledged around $5.4 billion, half of which will go towards rebuilding Gaza, and the assistance will be distributed in response to the daily needs of the Palestinian people," Borge Brende said in comments translated into Arabic on Egyptian state television.
(Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
