The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz has donated a 1,000-Saudi-Riyal bursary for each of the 15,000 Palestinian pilgrims performing Hajj this year, it was reported here today.

Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz, Interior Minister and General Supervisor of the Saudi Committee for the Support of al-Quds Intifada (uprising), told the Saudi Press Agency that he has been instructed by the Monarch to pay one thousand Saudi Riyals to each of the 15,000 Palestinian pilgrims as his contribution to the expenses they have incurred in performing the Hajj.

More than 1,000 Palestinians who are relatives of Palestinians receiving treatment in Saudi hospitals following injuries during al-Quds Intifada were hosted by the Kingdom, as guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to perform this year's Hajj.