(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations will begin on Monday to distribute cash aid to thousands of poor families in the besieged Gaza Strip under a program funded by Qatar, the UN’s Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said Sunday.
 Palestinians receive aid in the Gaza Strip. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Nearly 100,000 beneficiaries will begin to receive the aid at 700 distribution points on Monday, Wennesland said on Twitter. He didn’t say if or how the distribution points would be monitored.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett welcomed the program but said the payments should be made in vouchers, not in cash.