2023-10-14 18:11:00
“Gaza relief” trucks pile up in front of the Rafah crossing, awaiting the opening of a “humanitarian corridor”
Hundreds of trucks carrying relief aid for the residents of the Gaza Strip are piled up near the Egyptian Rafah crossing, waiting to be allowed to cross to bring aid into the Strip, which has been subjected to intense Israeli bombing for a week, while planes carrying relief materials from several countries and international organizations continue to arrive at Al-Arish Airport. , which Egypt allocated to receive aid from various countries of the world.
On Saturday, aid convoys belonging to the “National Alliance for Civil Development Action,” which includes dozens of Egyptian charitable organizations, and the “Decent Life” Foundation, which is one of the major volunteer organizations in the country, set off, waiting in front of the Rafah crossing in preparation for bringing the aid it carries to residents. Gaza strip.
An aid plane from the World Health Organization following its arrival on Saturday at Al-Arish Airport awaiting its entry into the Gaza Strip (World Health Organization Facebook page)
The convoys include approximately 106 trucks loaded with quantities of humanitarian aid, including 1,000 tons of food and meat, 40,000 blankets, more than 50,000 pieces of clothing, and more than 300,000 boxes of medicines and medical supplies.
This comes in conjunction with the launch of the “National Alliance” entities, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Health and the Blood Bank, the largest blood donation campaign under the slogan “A drop of blood equals a life” in all governorates of the Republic. To collect large quantities of blood bags needed to treat injured people in the Gaza Strip. The campaign witnessed broad participation from many universities and civil institutions, including clubs and unions.
The National Alliance expressed, in a statement, its deep regret over the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip, stressing its full solidarity and support for the Palestinian people by sending more humanitarian aid in various forms until the situation improves.
Trucks carrying Egyptian aid to the Gaza Strip pile up in front of the Rafah crossing, awaiting the opening of a humanitarian corridor to bring in aid (Sinai Tribes Union Facebook page)
On Saturday, Al-Arish Airport received a plane carrying medical supplies coming from the World Health Organization’s logistics center in Dubai. The supplies included enough medicines to treat 1,200 wounded people and 1,500 patients suffering from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and breathing problems. They also included field medical bags to treat 235 wounded people, according to a statement by the organization on its official Facebook page.
The World Health Organization noted that “every hour that these supplies remain on the Egyptian side of the border, more girls, boys, women and men die, especially the groups most at risk.”
Egyptian volunteers prepare aid shipments for residents of the Gaza Strip (Sinai Tribes Union page)
The organization expressed its support for the voices calling for the immediate opening of a humanitarian corridor through the Rafah crossing to reach Gaza in order to deliver life-saving supplies to health facilities in a safe and continuous manner, to supply fuel, water, food and other materials necessary for survival, and to protect health care workers and patients. And civilians.
The United Nations World Food Program launched an emergency operation to provide urgent food aid to more than 800,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank, who are facing harsh conditions and are unable to access food, water and basic supplies. The program called for the opening of humanitarian corridors to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and assistance into Gaza, in addition to providing safe and unhindered passage for its employees and basic goods.
The regional spokeswoman for the World Food Programme, Abeer Atifa, indicated that the program’s stock in the Gaza Strip “is almost running out,” stressing that preparations are currently being made to send a plane carrying large quantities of dry canned food to the residents of the Strip, to confront the shortage of food supplies and the power outage in the Strip. .
Organizing blood donation campaigns in Egypt to support those injured in the Gaza Strip
Atifa explained, in exclusive statements to Asharq Al-Awsat, that the program’s operations in the Gaza Strip are facing great difficulties in light of the ongoing bombing, which has pushed the residents of the Strip, including the program’s employees and their families in northern Gaza, to flee south, noting that there are current campaigns to collect donations for Gaza in Many countries around the world, however, indicated that the fundraising process “faces a severe shortage for reasons, some of which are political, especially in Western donor countries.”
The Egyptian authorities announced, at the end of last week, that international aid provided by those wishing to provide relief to the residents of the Gaza Strip would be directed to Al-Arish International Airport in the northern Sinai Peninsula, stressing that they would keep the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip open for business, and demanded that Israel avoid targeting the Palestinian side. From the crossing. Over the past few days, Al-Arish Airport has received planes carrying relief materials from Jordan, the Emirates, and Turkey, awaiting an agreement to open a safe corridor, so that the Egyptian authorities can bring aid into Gaza.
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