Palestinian Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habbash lauded the gesture of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to host 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims this year. In a press release, Habbash said the gesture, which covers families of martyrs and the needy in Palestine, will be equally divided between the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said this gesture, for the fourth year in a row, brings to 8,000 the number of Palestinian pilgrims hosted by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.