Palestinians pin hope on Cairo donors' meeting to rebuild Gaza Strip

GAZA  (Xinhua) - The Gaza Strip's populations said on Saturday that they hope that the Norwegian-sponsored donors' conference, scheduled to be held in Cairo on Sunday, will gain the required political support and financial aid needed for constructing their destroyed homes.

The Gazans want to have sufficient cash for rebuilding what had been destroyed during Israel's large-scale air and ground operation launched on Gaza in July and lasted for 50 days. They expressed hope that the recommendations of the donors' conference would help them build a good infrastructure.

The populations of the impoverished coastal enclave also believe that the reconstruction process has to be accompanied by international political pressure on Israel to end eight years of an Israeli blockade and operate the crossing points either with Israel or with Egypt.

The Israeli offensive that ended in accordance to an Egyptian- brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza Hamas-led militant groups had left large destruction in the sector of housing and infrastructure, where 2,145 Palestinians were killed and around 11,000 injured.