Denmark and some 85 other countries are expected to donate millions of dollars to re-build Gaza, but Israel will not be presented with a bill for destruction in the strip, according to Denmark’s Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller (Cons.) who is taking part in a donor conference in Egypt.

“No – there will be no demands for reparations from Israel. It’s very difficult to provide the evidence necessary – it would require us being able to prove that Hamas did not fire rockets from the targets that Israel bombed,” says Per Stig Møller.

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The Danish government has promised an extra donation of DKK 103 million to re-build schools, roads and infrastructure. But Stig Møller said that the Danish government’s overall DKK 305 millioin package would not be channeled through Hamas, which is on the EU list of terrorist organisations and therefore cannot receive funds from EU countries.

Reports in the international media say that the United States will also steer clear of Hamas, but that the American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce a donation of USD 300 million to Gaza and USD 600 million to authorities in the West Bank.