Limassol, Cyprus (AP) – After departure Cyprusa ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food Supply in the Gaza Strip On Tuesday we approached the port of Ashdod in Israel. Hunger threatens Palestinian territory.
Panama’s flapping boats are equipped with 52 containers that carry food aid, such as pasta, rice, baby food and canned food. Israeli customs officials have screened aid at the port of Limassol in Cyprus, where the ship departed on Monday.
Approximately 700 tons of aid came from Cyprus. United Arab Emirates The so-called Amalthea Fund was established last year for donors to support ocean aid. The rest is the Italian, the Maltese government, and the Catholic religious order of Malta, and comes from the Kuwait non-governmental organization Al Salam Association.
“The situation is disastrous,” Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Combos told The Associated Press.
Cyprus was a staging area of 22,000 tonnes last year. We will assist with direct ship delivery to Gaza Through a pier run by an international charity World Central Kitchen And the US military-operated docking facility known as The Joint Logistics Over-the-Share System.
By late July 2024, the aid group had withdrawn from the project and ended its troubling mission. Repeated weather and security issues It has a limited amount of food and other emergency supplies that could reach those in need.
Cyprus Foreign Ministry said Tuesday’s mission was led by the United Nations but was a coordinated effort. Once offloaded in Ashdod, UN aid employees will arrange to track aid in storage areas and food stations run by the Central Kitchen of the World.
The charity that was behind the first aid transport from Cyprus to Gaza, riding on a barge pulled by a tag last year, is widely trusted in the abused territory.
“The contributions of all involved are extremely important and their commitment is incredible,” Combos said.
Shipborne delivery can bring much more aid than the air that some countries have recently created in Gaza.
The latest freight comes the day after Hamas said Accepted new proposals from Arab intermediaries For a ceasefire. Israel has not approved the latest proposal so far.
Israel announced Plans to steal Gaza City again Other densely populated areas afterwards The ceasefire meeting stalled last monthIncreases the possibility of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, experts say I’m slipping into starvation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin has rejected a report of hunger in Gaza, a “lie” promoted by Hamas. However, the United Nations warned last week that hunger and malnutrition on Palestinian territory is at its highest level since then. The war began with Hamas-led attacks On October 7, 2023, extremists accused 251 people in southern Israel, killing around 1,200 mostly civilians.
Ministry of Health in Gazasaid that the death toll in Palestine from the 22-month war has exceeded 62,000, as part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals. I wouldn’t say how many civilians and combatants were, but women and children account for half of the deaths.
