Qatar pledged $1 billion Sunday toward the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after this year's devastating 50-day Israel-Hamas war as one of its Gulf Arab rivals, the United Arab Emirates, promised $200 million. The Qatari pledge, an**unced by Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, came during a one-day conference on the Reconstruction of Gaza that opened in the Egyptian capital. Delegates representing some 50 nations and 20 regional and international organizations applauded the pledge.