2024-03-10 09:01:56
A US charity said it was loading aid for Gaza onto a ship in Cyprus, the first shipment destined for the Palestinian enclave, via a sea corridor the European Commission hopes will open this weekend. The Spanish-flagged ship Open Arms docked three weeks ago at the port of Larnaca in southern Cyprus, the closest EU country to the territory.
“World Central Kitchen teams are in Cyprus to load pallets of humanitarian aid onto a boat bound for the northern Gaza Strip,” the NGO said in a statement on Friday. “We have been preparing for weeks, with our partner NGO Open Arms, for the opening of a maritime aid corridor which would allow us to intensify our efforts in the region,” she added.
“Our ship is preparing to leave (…) loaded with tons of food, water and vital supplies for Palestinian civilians,” Open Arms said on X. The NGO plans to tow a barge loaded with supplies.
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