UK commits Gaza recovery funding as it joins reconstruction initiative

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The UK is providing £10 million in early funding to the UN Horizon Fund, targeting Gaza's water, health, education, housing, and reconstruction needs.
The UK joined the EU-led Team Gaza Initiative, supporting a €750 million coalition fund for Gaza's early recovery with European and international partners.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is pressing in Brussels for urgent lifting of Israeli restrictions and stronger global support for the 20-point Gaza peace plan to avert derailment.

Funding package and diplomatic push

As reported by GOV.UK, the UK is announcing £10 million in early support for the UN Horizon Fund, which supports a Palestinian-led, UN-coordinated approach to Gaza's recovery. The funding is intended to help water and sanitation, health, education, housing, debris clearance and explosive ordnance risk reduction, alongside support from European and other international partners.

The UK is also joining the EU-led Team Gaza Initiative, a coalition designed to coordinate political backing, funding and practical delivery for early recovery in Gaza. The initiative brings together European countries, institutions and allies and aims to support a package worth €750 million.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is using a meeting of the Palestine Donor Group in Brussels to press for faster international action on the 20-point Gaza peace plan. She is warning that the plan risks being derailed if Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid and vital services are not urgently lifted and if international partners do not provide stronger support.

Pressure on aid access and broader regional impact

Cooper says the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains severe, with families still unable to secure shelter, food, medicine and other essential services. The UK says that, despite some improvement in aid flows since the ceasefire, food shortages persist, 1.7 million people are living in overcrowded displacement sites and healthcare conditions are worsening, with no fully functioning hospitals in the territory.

The British government argues that early recovery is essential to keeping the wider peace process on track and to supporting a two-state solution. Cooper is also due to meet Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa to discuss backing for Palestinian institutions, Gaza's recovery and continued international coordination.

The UK says it will continue to push for renewed momentum behind the peace plan, stronger action against trade with illegal settlements and tougher measures against those undermining the prospect of a viable Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel. The move also highlights London's effort to work closely with European partners on Middle East stabilisation and reconstruction.

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