The four powers mediating on the Middle East peace process have agreed on a scheme to deliver aid to Palestinians while bypassing the Hamas-led government.
In a statement, envoys for the Middle East quartet, which groups the US, the EU the UN and Russia, said it would revisit the need for the funding tool in three months.
The EU has already committed to channelling an aid package worth €100 million through the mechanism, which it backed in Brussels yesterday.
The statement said it hoped other donors, international organisations and Israel would consider contributing aid through the scheme.
It urged the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government to renounce violence, recognise Israel's right to exist and accept international obligations including the 'roadmap' blueprint for Middle East peace.
Nearly all international aid to the Palestinian territories has been suspended since the Hamas government took power in March.
The Palestinian Authority has struggled to pay the salaries of its 160,000 civil servants, threatening the livelihoods of one million Palestinians.
