Ship with aid is now en route to Gaza as new maritime corridor to territory opens
The Open Arms ship has left the port of Larnaca and is towing 200 tonnes of relief goods roughly 400km across the Mediterranean to Gaza.
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The Open Arms ship has left the port of Larnaca and is towing 200 tonnes of relief goods roughly 400km across the Mediterranean to Gaza.
A Spanish aid boat was en route to Gaza on Wednesday, opening a new maritime corridor intended to allow deliveries of desperately needed food to the Palestinian territory ravaged by months of war between Israel and Hamas. In a sign of worsening humanitarian conditions, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry says 27 people have died of malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children.
By Michele Kambas and Nidal al-Mughrabi LARNACA, Cyprus/CAIRO (Reuters) -A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea corridor to deliver supplies to a population that aid agencies say is on the verge of famine after five months of war. While welcoming the…
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Senior United Nations officials on Tuesday welcomed the opening of a maritime corridor from Cyprus to deliver additional aid to the Gaza Strip, but said it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian assistance by land.