[New York Times] Helene Cooper - The Obama administration intends to provide some $900 million to help rebuild Gaza, administration officials said Monday. A U.S. official said that the aid would not go to Hamas but would be funneled through nongovernmental organizations. The aid will be formally announced next week when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to a Palestinian donors' conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, which is seeking to raise close to $2 billion for Gaza. After the conference, Clinton will make her first trip to Israel as secretary of state.
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