Qatar PM Hopes Palestinian Authority Will Return to Gaza When War Ends

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
TT

Qatar PM Hopes Palestinian Authority Will Return to Gaza When War Ends

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)

Qatar's Prime Minister said in Davos on Tuesday he hoped the Palestinian Authority would return to play a governing role in Gaza once the war with Israel comes to an end.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland, two days after the ceasefire Qatar helped broker came into effect in Gaza, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani cautioned that Gazans -- and not any other country -- should dictate the way the enclave will be governed.

"We hope to see the PA back in Gaza. We hope to see a government that will really address the issues of the people over there. And there is a long way to go with Gaza and the destruction," he said.

How Gaza will be governed after the war was not directly addressed in the deal between Israel and Hamas movement that led to an immediate ceasefire and hostage releases after nearly 15 months of talks mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US.

Israel has rejected any governing role for Hamas, which ran Gaza before the war, but it has been almost equally opposed to rule by the Palestinian Authority, the body set up under the Oslo interim peace accords three decades ago that has limited governing power in the West Bank.

The PA, dominated by the Fatah faction created by former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, faces opposition from rival faction Hamas, which drove the PA out of Gaza in 2007 after a brief war.



Saudi Arabia Sends New Aid Convoys for Residents Returning to Northern Gaza

The aid aims to help beneficiaries meet their basic needs as they return to homes that have been destroyed or damaged. SPA
The aid aims to help beneficiaries meet their basic needs as they return to homes that have been destroyed or damaged. SPA
TT

Saudi Arabia Sends New Aid Convoys for Residents Returning to Northern Gaza

The aid aims to help beneficiaries meet their basic needs as they return to homes that have been destroyed or damaged. SPA
The aid aims to help beneficiaries meet their basic needs as they return to homes that have been destroyed or damaged. SPA

New aid convoys from Saudi Arabia arrived in northern Gaza on Monday, facilitated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief).

The assistance is part of a campaign aimed at providing essential relief to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The convoys delivered shelter kits, including blankets, mattresses, cooking utensils, water containers, and other necessary supplies to assist residents returning to their homes in northern Gaza.
The Saudi Center for Culture and Heritage, the executive partner of KSrelief in Gaza, is set to begin distributing the aid packages promptly.

The aid aims to help beneficiaries meet their basic needs as they return to homes that have been destroyed or damaged.
The effort is part of a series of humanitarian and relief programs executed by Saudi Arabia in solidarity with the Palestinian people during their ongoing crises and hardships.