Hamdallah: Rebuilding Gaza is at top of govt priorities

The Palestinian unity government held its first ever meeting in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Thursday as its rival factions presented a common front ahead of a major donors' conference.
The gathering came more than four months after the government was sworn in following a landmark reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas.
Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah crossed into Gaza on Thursday where he visited some of the areas of the Strip worst-hit by a 50-day Israeli military operation against Palestinian resistance members.
Earlier Hamdallah told reporters that rebuilding Gaza required a functioning unity government.
"We are facing a humanitarian and moral duty to our people in Gaza," he said after entering Gaza via the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing.

"We have put the years of division behind us, and the most important priority of the government is to guarantee a return to normal life for Gazans and unity with the West Bank."
At a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Gaza's former prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, a leader of Hamas, urged Fatah and Hamas to follow through with their reconciliation pledges.