KOTA BARU: Palestinians in Gaza are urgently need money to buy foods and other daily necessities.
Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) president Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid said many Palestinians especially children have died from starvation.
"It was reported at least 30 children died everyday of severe hunger.
"The northern part of Gaza is badly affected and Palestinians there urgently need immediate food aid.
"They.need money to buy flour and other items," he said.
He said their basic needs were among the five development sectors or clusters for the Post-War Gaza Rebuilding Plan.
The other four, he said were health, education, housing and public infrastructure.
"They need food and medicine for the rebuilding session and the Health Ministry recently agreed to propose to the government the construction of a hospital to help rebuild Gaza," he added.
It was reported on Feb 12 that the Health Ministry would propose the construction of a hospital to help rebuild Gaza in the post-war period.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/02/1012483/health-ministry-propo....
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said he would present the proposal to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and other members of the cabinet.
Meanwhile, iReach Malaysia director Johan Arif Ismail said the rebuilding process must be carried out comprehensively based on the clusters because Gaza has a large area.
"With the help of many countries, we believe we can achieve the plan," he said.
It is learnt that the rebuilding process will come at a high cost including the clean-up, where the restoration of the devastated areas alone may cost up to US$100mil (about RM478.2mil).
The first phase of the development plan is expected to take two to seven years and cost US$500mil (about RM2.39 bil).
