The ship “Open Arms” should transport approximately 200 tons of aid to the Gaza Strip to provide the Palestinian population there with the necessary necessities of life. However, the journey there is very slow: only a third of the route has been completed since the trip left Cyprus on Tuesday. Data from the marinetraffic.com portal shows that the ship is moving at a speed of three knots per hour, which is only about 5.5 km/h.
It is still unclear when and where exactly the ship will unload the cargo, which is located on a loading platform next to the ship, in the Gaza Strip. A temporary walkway is being built, aid organization World Central Kitchen reported on Tuesday, without mentioning the exact location. The non-governmental organization has been active in the Gaza Strip for months.
Trial run on the planned relief corridor
The trip is considered a test run along the route of a planned aid corridor that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidis announced in Larnaca last Friday.
The humanitarian situation of the people in the Gaza Strip has been deteriorating dramatically for weeks. The basic necessities of life are lacking. The Gaza war was sparked by a massacre carried out on October 7 by terrorists from the militant Palestinian organization Hamas and other extremist groups in southern Israel.
High death toll on both sides
More than 1,200 people were killed on the Israeli side. Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. On the Palestinian side, more than 31,100 people have been killed since the war began, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
Source: Krone
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