Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said the country will allocate $500 million for reconstruction in Gaza after Israeli air strikes levelled parts of the enclave.
Egyptian companies will play a part in the reconstruction process, a statement from the presidential representative said on Tuesday.
Mr El Sisi issued the directive during a trilateral summit in Paris with the leaders of France and Jordan to discuss reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a six-storey building destroyed by an early morning Israeli air strike in Gaza city. AP Photo -
Palestinians, who fled their homes due to Israeli air and artillery strikes, wash their clothes at a UN-run school in Gaza city. Reuters -
Rockets are launched towards Israel from the southern Gaza Strip. AFP -
A satellite image shows the rubble of a Gaza Strip high-rise building. AP Photo -
A member of the Palestinian Abu Dayer family receives treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital following an Israeli air strike on their home in Gaza city. AFP -
More than 200 people, most of them Palestinians, have been killed in the attacks. AFP -
Palestinians run amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza city. AFP -
A Palestinian man reacts to the death of his father who was killed by an Israeli airstrike that destroyed the upper floors of a commercial building and caused damage to a health ministry and prime health care clinic in Gaza city. AP Photo -
A ball of fire explodes above buildings in Gaza city as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave. AFP -
Israeli soldiers cheer as they take photos at an artillery position along the Israel-Gaza border. AP Photo -
Wounded Palestinian girl Sara Al-Metrabeeay lies on a bed in Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. Reuters -
Fighting continues between the Israeli Army and Hamas forces at the Gaza border, Israel. EPA -
Israelis gather to watch the Iron Dome aerial defence system launch a missile to intercept a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, above the city of Ashdod. AFP -
An Israeli artillery soldier carries shells as their unit aims at targets in the Gaza Strip. EPA -
People inspect a destroyed car inside a house, following an Israeli airstrike on the upper floors of a commercial building in Gaza city. AP Photo
Hundreds of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have caused extensive damage to infrastructure and buildings. At least 213 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,440 wounded in the enclave, where violence has raged for nine days.
More than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced and about 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary care health centres, the UN said on Tuesday.
More than 3,150 rockets have been fired from Gaza within the past week, according to Israel, and 12 people were killed in Israel.
Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing, the only gateway between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, on Sunday to receive injured Palestinians and deliver aid. Ambulances had been on standby since Friday.
Egypt is sending 65 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies worth 14 million Egyptian pounds ($893,077) to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health and Population said.
A total of 165 ambulances – including 50 along the Rafah crossing – have been sent, the ministry said on Monday.
Eleven hospitals in North Sinai, Ismailia by the Suez Canal and Cairo are equipped to receive wounded Palestinians from Gaza.
